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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gid•dy /ˈgɪdi/USA pronunciation adj., -di•er, -di•est. - Pathologydizzy;
feeling the effects of vertigo:felt a little giddy at such a height. - causing dizziness:[before a noun]a giddy climb.
- frivolous and lighthearted:He felt giddy and carefree.
gid•di•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gid•dy (gid′ē),USA pronunciation adj., -di•er, -di•est, v., -died, -dy•ing. adj. - Pathologyaffected with vertigo;
dizzy. - attended with or causing dizziness:a giddy climb.
- frivolous and lighthearted;
impulsive;
flighty:a giddy young person.
v.t., v.i. - to make or become giddy.
- Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably origin, originally "possessed by a divine being'' bef. 1000
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lightheaded, vertiginous.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: giddy /ˈɡɪdɪ/ adj ( -dier, -diest)- affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy
- causing or tending to cause vertigo
- impulsive; scatterbrained
vb ( -dies, -dying, -died)- to make or become giddy
Etymology: Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to Godˈgiddily adv ˈgiddiness n |