giddy

CEFRC1

/ˈɡɪd.i/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Feeling dizzy, excited, or unable to think calmly.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

Examples

  • Deserting his family must have made the old bastard giddy with joy.

  • He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɡɪɾ.i]

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adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

  2. Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

  3. Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

More examples

In context

  • My head still felt giddy.

  • The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.

  • The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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). The English word is analysable as god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives). The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective.