giddy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ɡɪdi/
giddy (comparative giddier, superlative giddiest)
- Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
- The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
- Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- They climbed to a giddy height.
- Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- Hearing applause and universal shout,
- Giddy in spirit, still gazing, in a doubt
- Whether those peals of praise be his or no;
- The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V Scene 4
- In brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore never flout at me for what I have said against it, for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.
- 1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools
- Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm,
- And make mistakes for manhood to reform.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V Scene 4
- French: étourdi
- German: schwindelig, schwindlig
- Portuguese: tonto
- Spanish: mareado, vertiginoso
- French: étourdissant
- German: schwindelerregend
- Russian: головокружи́тельный
- Spanish: mareador, vertiginoso
- Spanish: frívolo
giddy (giddies, present participle giddying; past and past participle giddied)
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