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gid⋅dy

  [gid-ee] adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME gidy, OE gidig mad (as var. of *gydig), deriv. of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”

Related forms:
gid⋅di⋅ly, adverb
gid⋅di⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
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Word Origin & History

giddy 
O.E. gidig, variant of *gydig "insane, mad, stupid, possessed by a spirit," probably from P.Gmc. *guthigaz, from *guthan "god" + *-ig "possessed." Meaning "having a confused, swimming sensation" is from 1570.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gid·dy
Pronunciation: 'gid-E
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: gid·di·er; -est
1 : DIZZY <giddy from the unaccustomed exercise>
2 : affected with gid <giddy sheep> —gid·di·ness /-n&s/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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