giddy.
Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
Meaning & usage
Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
They climbed to a giddy height.
Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous. Used as an intensifier.
Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.
Where this word comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). Thus the word's elements correspond to god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective.
Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.
Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”).
Where this word comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). Thus the word's elements correspond to god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective.
To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.
To become dizzy or unsteady.
To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl.
Where this word comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). Thus the word's elements correspond to god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective.
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