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swimmy, a.|ˈswɪmɪ|
[f. swim v. + -y.]
a. Inclined to dizziness or giddiness. Also in Comb.
1836F. S[ykes] Scraps fr. Jrnl. 123 To look down was quite enough to cause one's head to be unpleasantly swimmy. 1881C. Whitehead Hops 42 The operators must not be swimmy-headed. 1892Stevenson Vailima Lett. xvii. (1895) 153 My head rather swimmy.
†b. Graceful, elegant. Obs. nonce-use.
1827Coleridge Let. 2 June (1971) VI. 687 A fine, tall, slim, swimmy, glidy lass.
c. Of the eyes: watery, tearful. Also, of tears.
1936J. B. Priestley They walk in City vii. 178 She had a round moist face, with swimmy eyes. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xvii. 358 The woman's..face, dissolving before him in his own swimmy tears.
Hence ˈswimminess, dizziness.
1894Conan Doyle Parasite 96, I had a dizziness and swimminess which rapidly passed away.
Add:d. Of acoustic effect: reverberant to an extent that renders sound indistinct. Also of (esp. recorded) sounds producing such an effect.
1976Gramophone Aug. 341/3 In certain scenes where the acoustic has been subtly changed to add atmosphere the effect is ‘swimmy’. 1977Guardian Weekly 24 July 21/3 Karajan 1972 was altogether more passionate,..but the recording was swimmy. 1987Observer 27 Sept. 28/1 This year even that [sc. judgment of competitors] was hampered by the swimmy acoustics of the Leeds Town Hall. 1990Gramophone May 2016/3 The very first impression is of a slightly swimmy acoustic; but that is pretty soon scotched by the quality of the playing. |