hiddy-giddyadj.adv.
/ˈhɪdɪɡɪdi/, U.S. /ˈhɪdiˌɡɪdi/, Scottish English /ˈhɪdɪɡɪdɪ/ Scottish.
A. adj.
Giddy, whirling.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adjective]
dizzyc1340
turngiddy1398
turn-sickc1440
lighta1500
light-headeda1500
dozy1530
swimec1540
giddy1570
swimming1607
vertiginous1608
vertiginal1612
vertiginous1621
vertigious1623
hiddy-giddy1629
swimmering1650
wheel-sick1670
giddyish1711
swimmy1836
whizzy1866
dizzied1870
1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 295 He fell to his hiddygiddy veneration of his country Deity..with antique dances.
B. adv.
In a giddy whirl; in confusion; topsy-turvy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adverb]
dizzilyc1175
hiddy-giddya1525
vertiginously1766
giddily1801
dizzyingly1925
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 821 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 In come twa flyrand fulis..& ȝeid hiddy giddy.
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4151 It gart my heid rin hiddie giddie.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 205 The Main-kirk rang wi' slaps and smites: Pell-mell, thwack! hiddie-giddie!
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