Hypertext Webster Gateway: "giddy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Giddy \Gid"dy\, a. [Compar. {Giddier}; superl. {Giddiest}.] [OE.
gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw.
gidda to shake, tremble.]
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. --Prior.
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. Characterized 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Giddy \Gid"dy\, v. i.
To reel; to whirl. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Giddy \Gid"dy\, v. t.
To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
giddy
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: {dizzy},
{woozy}, {vertiginous}]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
{dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {light-headed},
{lightheaded}, {silly}]
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