dizzinessn.
/ˈdɪzɪnɪs/ The state or condition of being dizzy or giddy.
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dizzinessc900
swimeOE
swinglingc1000
turningc1230
turngiddya1382
giddiness1398
turngiddiness1398
vertiginyc1400
turn-sick?c1450
swindling1527
vertigo1528
swimming1530
swindle1559
turnsickness1559
duseling1561
whirling1561
turn-sick giddiness1577
megrim1595
vertiginousness1599
whimsya1627
tiegoa1640
lightheadedness1645
swimmering1650
swim1817
swirling1825
swimminess1894
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) ii. v. 112 Wæron heo mid elreorde dysignesse onblawne.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 22 Innan of manna heortan..cumað..dysinessa..stuntscipe.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xviii. 133 Schir philip of his desynais ourcome.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 35v Rosemari is..good to withstand..ye dusines of ye heade.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxi. 123 Yet..needes must they..bee stricken with the spirit of disinesse and be carried away by the diuill.
1675 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 324 Men were taken with a disiness in the head.
1861 Sat. Rev. 11 635/1 Freedom from dizziness while standing at a great height on a narrow base.
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