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Definition of Dizzy
1. Verb. Make dizzy or giddy. "A dizzying pace"
2. Adjective. Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. "A vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Dizziness, Giddiness, Vertigo
3. Adjective. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. "Silly giggles"
Similar to: Frivolous
Derivative terms: Giddiness, Lightheadedness, Silliness
Definition of Dizzy
1. a. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
2. v. t. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
Definition of Dizzy
1. Adjective. having a sensation of turning around; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded. ¹
2. Adjective. producing giddiness ¹
3. Adjective. empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To make dizzy, to bewilder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dizzy
1. having a sensation of whirling [adj -ZIER, -ZIEST] : DIZZILY [adv] / to make dizzy [v -ZIED, -ZYING, -ZIES] - See also: dizzy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dizzy
Literary usage of Dizzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1758)
"I bet you a hundred of that, dizzy. ' Daffodil. I'll lay you a hundred, Dick,
that I drive a fow and ' pigs to your lodgings, before you can get there. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"640 As from the ground he strives to start, A ruffian's dagger finds his heart
I Upwards he casts his dizzy eyes — Murmurs his master's name — and dies ! ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Upon a house-top, so from each huge hand The champion's strokes on dizzy Dares fall.
Then Sire ^Eneas willed to make a stay To so much rage, ..."
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