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light-headed

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light⋅head⋅ed

[lahyt-hed-id]
–adjective
1. giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
2. having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless: lightheaded persons.

Origin:
1530–40; light 2 + head + -ed 3


light⋅head⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
light⋅head⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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light-headed

adjective
1. weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint
2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded
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