Giddy Definition

gĭdē
giddied, giddier, giddies, giddiest, giddying
adjective
giddier, giddiest
Feeling dizzy or unsteady.
Webster's New World
Causing or likely to cause dizziness.
A giddy height.
Webster's New World
Turning or circling around very rapidly; whirling.
Webster's New World
Inconstant; fickle.
Webster's New World
Frivolous; flighty; heedless.
Webster's New World
verb
To become or make giddy.
American Heritage
To make or become giddy.
Webster's New World

To reel; to whirl.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Giddy

Adjective

Base Form:
giddy
Comparative:
giddier
Superlative:
giddiest

Origin of Giddy

  • From Middle English gidi, gydi (“foolish”), from Old English gydiġ (“possessed by a spirit or demon, mad, insane”), from Proto-Germanic *gudīgaz (“ghostly, spirited”), equivalent to god +‎ -y.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English gidi crazy from Old English gidig gheu(ə)- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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