giggishadj.1
/ˈɡɪɡɪʃ/ Lively, flighty, wanton.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical
startfulmood?a1300
wildc1350
volage?a1366
gerfulc1374
geryc1386
wild-headeda1400
skittishc1412
gerish1430
shittle1440
shittle-witted1448
runningc1449
volageous1487
glaikit1488
fantasious1490
giggish1523
tickle or light of the sear?1530
fantastical1531
wayward1531
wantona1538
peevish1539
light-headed1549
humoral1573
unstaid1579
shittle-headed1580
toy-headed1581
fangled1587
humorous1589
choiceful1591
toyish1598
tricksy1598
skip-brain1603
capricious1605
humoursome1607
planetary1607
vertiginous1609
whimsieda1625
ingiddied1628
whimsy1637
toysome1638
cocklec1640
mercurial1647
garish1650
maggoty1650
kicksey-winseya1652
freakish1653
humourish1653
planetic1653
whimsical1653
shittle-braineda1655
freaking1663
maggoty-headed1667
maggot-pated1681
hoity-toity1690
maggotish1693
maggot-headeda1695
whimsy-headed1699
fantasque1701
crotchetly1702
quixotic1718
volatile1719
holloweda1734
conundrumical1743
flighty1768
fly-away1775
dizzy1780
whimmy1785
shy1787
whimming1787
quirky1789
notional1791
tricksome1815
vagarish1819
freakful1820
faddy1824
moodish1827
mawky1837
erratic1841
rockety1843
quirkish1848
maggoty-pated1850
crotchetya1854
freaksome1854
faddish1855
vagrom1882
fantasied1883
vagarisome1883
on-and-offish1888
tricksical1889
freaky1891
hobby-horsical1893
quirksome1896
temperamental1907
up and down1960
untogether1969
fanciful-
fantastic-
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1206 This fustiane maistres and this giggisse gase.
1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint sig. B4 Thy giggish tricke, thy queanish trade, A thousand Bridewel birds hath made.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 844 Our giggish heads have not the gift to observe a Promise.
?1798 ‘P. Pindar’ Tales of Hoy 24 Come, come, something giggish—something merry.
1882 A. Beresford-Hope Brandreths I. xvi. 254 A giggish widow.
Derivatives
ˈgiggishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
1781 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 100 There is a sort of giggishness about him, too.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
giggishadj.2
/ˈɡɪɡɪʃ/ a. Resembling a gig.
ΚΠ
1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 532 They would not accuse it [his one-horse chaise] of ever having been too giggish even for a doctor of divinity.
b. Directed towards driving a gig.
ΚΠ
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 265 It was now his ambition to drive a pair. He had outlived his giggish propensities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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