Definition of Giddy

1. Adjective. Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. "A vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"

Exact synonyms: Dizzy, Vertiginous, Woozy
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Dizziness, Giddiness, Vertigo

2. Adjective. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. "Silly giggles"

Definition of Giddy

1. a. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

2. v. i. To reel; to whirl.

3. v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady.

Definition of Giddy

1. Adjective. dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down ¹

2. Adjective. causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness ¹

3. Adjective. lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To make dizzy or unsteady. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Giddy

1. dizzy [v -DIED, -DYING, -DIES] - See also: dizzy

Medical Definition of Giddy

1. 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. "By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed." (Tate) 2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. "Upon the giddy footing of the hatches." (Shak) 3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. "The giddy motion of the whirling mill." (Pope) 4. Characterised by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden. "Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm." (Cowper) Origin: OE. Gidi mad, silly, AS. Gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. Gidda to shake, tremble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giddy

gibus
gibuses
giclee
gid
giddap
gidday
giddied
giddier
giddies
giddiest
giddily
giddiness
giddinesses
giddup
giddy (current term)
giddy up
giddyap
giddying
giddyup
gidgee
gidgees
gidjee
gidjees
gids
gie
gied
gieing
gien
gier-eagle

Literary usage of Giddy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"1. extravagant project, bubble, giddy proceedings, thoughtless action; ... mir) 1. to be dizzy, giddy; to reel, to be seized with \ertigo; to turn, swim; ..."

2. Young Humphry Davy: The Making of an Experimental Chemist by June Z. Fullmer (2000)
"giddy, however, extended to Davy more than a display of political dexterity; ... His father, Edward giddy, while not quite as aristocratic in his forbears, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Assumed from giddy, qv] Staggers in sheep, a disease caused by a cystic worm in the brain, ... The character or quality of being giddy or foolish; levity; ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... either loss of time or confusion ; and the strong sense of duty, which was the spring of all his actions, kept him from turning giddy with applause. ..."

5. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"Encas past : Thence bursting glorious, all at once let down, Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Intrepid then, o'er seas and lands he flew : Europe ..."

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