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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.
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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”
before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”
Related forms
gid·di·ly, adverb
gid·di·ness, noun
un·gid·dy, adjective
Synonyms
1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
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Example Sentences
- Gosh, I feel giddy about someone so rarely.
- Your rendering makes me giddy.
- Pardon me, I'm likely giddy from the burning-off new oven fumes.
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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.
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