Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dizzy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dizzy \Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dizzier}
(-z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Dizziest}.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi,
foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig,
duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG.
dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan.
d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull, drowsy, d["o]s
dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s foolish, G. thor
fool. [root]71. Cf. {Daze}, {Doze}.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a
tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused;
indistinct.
Alas! his brain was dizzy. --Drayton.
2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy
ladder. --Macaulay.
3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless;
heedless. ``The dizzy multitude.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dizzying}.]
To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy
understanding. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dizzy
adj 1: having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;
"had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a
headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice";
"feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a
vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: {giddy},
{woozy}, {vertiginous}]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
{empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-headed},
{lightheaded}, {silly}]
v : make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.