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English Dictionary: dizzy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dizzy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dizzy adj having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" Synonym(s): dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" Synonym(s): airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly v make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dizzy \Diz"zy\ (d[icr]z"z[ycr]), a. [Compar. {Dizzier} (-z[icr][etil]r); superl. {Dizziest}.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d[81]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d[94]sig drowsy, slepy, d[94]se to make dull, drowsy, d[94]s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[aemac]s foolish, G. thor fool. [root]71. Cf. {Daze}, {Doze}.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct. Alas! his brain was dizzy. --Drayton. 2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy* ladder. --Macaulay. 3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. [bd]The dizzy multitude.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizzying}.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. --Sir W. Scott.