Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lightheaded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (-h[e^]d`[e^]d), a.
1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. --Walpole.
2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.
``Light-headed, weak men.'' --Clarendon. --
{Light"-head`ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
light-headed
adj 1: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint
from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger";
"felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit";
"light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of
sleep" [syn: {faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {lightheaded}]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
{dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {lightheaded},
{silly}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lightheaded
adj 1: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint
from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger";
"felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit";
"light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of
sleep" [syn: {faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {light-headed}]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
{dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-headed},
{silly}]
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