dizzily








adjective, diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est.

  1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
  2. bewildered; confused.
  3. causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height.
  4. heedless; thoughtless.
  5. Informal. foolish; silly.

verb (used with object), diz·zied, diz·zy·ing.

  1. to make dizzy.

adjective -zier or -ziest

  1. affected with a whirling or reeling sensation; giddy
  2. mentally confused or bewildered
  3. causing or tending to cause vertigo or bewilderment
  4. informal foolish or flighty

verb -zies, -zying or -zied

  1. (tr) to make dizzy
adj.

Old English dysig “foolish, stupid,” from Proto-Germanic *dusijaz (cf. Low German düsig “dizzy,” Dutch duizelen “to be dizzy,” Old High German dusig “foolish,” German Tor “fool,” Old English dwæs, Dutch dwaas “foolish”), perhaps from PIE *dheu- (1) “dust, vapor, smoke; to rise in a cloud” (and related notions of “defective perception or wits”).

Meaning “having a whirling sensation” is from mid-14c.; that of “giddy” is from c.1500 and seems to merge the two earlier meanings. Used of the “foolish virgins” in early translations of Matthew xxv; used especially of blondes since 1870s. Related: Dizzily.

v.

Old English dysigan, from source of dizzy (adj.). Related: Dizzied; dizzying.

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