giddiness

[gid-ee]

gid·dy

[gid-ee] adjective, gid·di·er, gid·di·est, verb, gid·died, gid·dy·ing.
adjective
1.
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2.
attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
3.
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty: a giddy young person.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to make or become giddy.

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Giddiness is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”

gid·di·ly, adverb
gid·di·ness, noun
un·gid·dy, adjective


1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To giddiness
Collins
World English Dictionary
giddy (ˈɡɪdɪ)
 
adj , -dier, -diest
1.  affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy
2.  causing or tending to cause vertigo
3.  impulsive; scatterbrained
4.  my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise
 
vb , -dier, -diest, -dies, -dying, -died
5.  to make or become giddy
 
[Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to God]
 
'giddily
 
adv
 
'giddiness
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature