† lightheadn.¹

Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and -head suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.¹, -head suffix.

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + -head suffix. Compare earlier lightness n.², and also levity n.¹Compare Middle High German līchtecheit lightness, fickleness, folly (German Leichtigkeit lightness, ease).

Obsolete.

Fickleness; folly, levity; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun]

giddiheadc1275

giddinessa1290

lighthead1340

vanityc1386

glaikitnessa1500

idleness1535

levity1564

emptiness1577

vainness1591

frivolousnessa1631

volageness1633

grollery1637

brain-giddinessa1652

desipience1656

desipiencya1682

frothinessa1716

inanity1756

frivolity1796

unpracticalness1828

unpracticality1840

bird-wittedness1854

scattiness1959

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 207 Ine zuyche liȝthedes [uolc] wasteþ hare time.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. iii. 9 Thurȝ liȝthed [L. facilitate] of hir fornycacioun [she] defoulede the lond.

a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 196 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1671 Loke for na liȝt hede at þat þing in ani stide of þe haue blaming.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. i. 17 (MED) When I wolde þis thyng wheþer I vse lyghthede [L. leuitate] Or þat þat I thenke wheþer I thenke it aftyr þe flesch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	lighthead
释义	† lightheadn.¹ Forms: see light adj.¹ and n.² and -head suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: light adj.¹, -head suffix. Etymology: < light adj.¹ + -head suffix. Compare earlier lightness n.², and also levity n.¹Compare Middle High German līchtecheit lightness, fickleness, folly (German Leichtigkeit lightness, ease). Obsolete. Fickleness; folly, levity; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun] giddiheadc1275 giddinessa1290 lighthead1340 vanityc1386 glaikitnessa1500 idleness1535 levity1564 emptiness1577 vainness1591 frivolousnessa1631 volageness1633 grollery1637 brain-giddinessa1652 desipience1656 desipiencya1682 frothinessa1716 inanity1756 frivolity1796 unpracticalness1828 unpracticality1840 bird-wittedness1854 scattiness1959 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 207 Ine zuyche liȝthedes [uolc] wasteþ hare time. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. iii. 9 Thurȝ liȝthed [L. facilitate] of hir fornycacioun [she] defoulede the lond. a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 196 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1671 Loke for na liȝt hede at þat þing in ani stide of þe haue blaming. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 2 Cor. i. 17 (MED) When I wolde þis thyng wheþer I vse lyghthede [L. leuitate] Or þat þat I thenke wheþer I thenke it aftyr þe flesch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.¹1340
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† lightheadn.1

† lightheadn.¹