headyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdi/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdi/

Forms: Middle English hedi, Middle English heedi, Middle English heuedi, Middle English hevedy, Middle English–1500s hedy, 1500s heddie, 1500s heddye, 1500s heedy, 1500s heedye, 1500s heeody (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1500s–1600s headdie, 1500s–1600s headdy, 1500s–1600s headie, 1500s–1600s headye, 1500s–1600s heddy, 1500s– heady, 1500s– yeddy (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 hedie, 1700s– heady, 1800s heidie, 1800s– heidy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: head n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + -y suffix¹, originally after post-classical Latin praeceps headlong, impetuous (see precipe n.).With sense 1 compare headling adv. 1. With sense 5 compare Dutch hoofdig intoxicating (1642). With sense 6b compare earlier headachy adj. In sense 7 perhaps after Anglo-Norman en chef (see chief n. 12a).

†1. Of falling: headlong. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > plunging head first

headya1382

plunging1538

headlong1562

pitching1749

head-foremost1839

head first1866

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Judges v. 15 In to hedy [a1425 Corpus Oxf. heuedi] fallynge [L. quasi in praeceps] & helle he ȝaf hym self to perel.

2. Impetuous, precipitate; wilful, headstrong, unruly; capricious. In early use also: excessively or perversely keen to do, or enthusiastic about, something (with upon, or to and infinitive).

a. Of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful

onwileOE

wilfulc1200

willesfulc1225

headstronga1398

wilsomea1400

headya1425

overthrowing?a1425

self-willya1425

self-willedc1450

sensual1524

wayward1528

headish1530

affectionate1534

self-will1562

strongheaded1579

hard-mouthed1610

brag-brained1648

self-wilful1648

overwilled1650

will-strong1654

cobby1785

willyart1791

brain-strong1863

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous

wildc725

ardentc1374

fierce1377

flagrant?1521

zealous1526

passionatea1530

heady1543

concupiscentious1555

passionative1593

luxurious1614

mada1627

concupitive1651

sultry1671

hot-tempered1673

ardurousa1770

wild1811

nympholeptic1818

concupiscenta1834

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or sudden > specifically of persons

suddenc1374

startle1440

heady1545

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxx. 8 An hors vntemyd..schal ascape hard, and a sone vnchastisid schal ascape heedi [a1382 E.V. stumbling doun; L. evadet praeceps].

?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes sig. F.iij They dispise al gouernours, and them that be in auctorite, & they be stiffe & heedy in their wayes.

1543 R. Wisdom Vindic. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. App. cxv. 477 I wold have men not be heady upon flesh at such times as yt is forbydden them.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 38^v Wales being headye, and rebelling many yeares agaynst vs.

1610 B. Rich New Descr. Irel. xxv. 105 Although it bee a foule imputation for a Commander, to be reputed headie or haire-brain'd.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xviii. §205 Mischiefs that may happen..when a heady Prince comes to the Throne.

1712 C. Trimnell Serm. before Lords Spiritual & Temporal 48 Following the Instigation and Flattery of these hot, and heady, and high-minded young Men.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 95. 565 Vitiated, ignorant, and heady as I was, I had not yet lost my Reverence for Virtue.

1840 G. L. Craik et al. Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. i. 106/1 Buckingham..had shown himself a rash, heady young man, a novice in the managing of business.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxiv. 195 They war baith owre heidie... Prenciple's ae thing, but jist to rin yersel' clean intill a snorl disna dee.

1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xii He was too heady a man to reason overmuch.

1918 D. T. Lutes My Boy in Khaki x. 155 Trying to bring up a wilful, heady boy all alone, without any help or counsel.

1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 12 Left to herself, the heady young Queen might perhaps have gone the way of her gay Georgian blood.

2004 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 28 Sept. 45 Offering sage advice that everyone but the heady young [Don] Juan would accept.

b. Of a personal attribute, action, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > rapidly or suddenly

ranka1250

headya1425

impetuous1490

powdering1619

wanton1753

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adjective]

brothc1175

impetuous1398

headya1425

brainish1530

hot-brained1556

hot-headed1603

flashy1632

hot-reined1635

scapperboiling1673

warm1749

étourdi1750

torrentuous1840

impulsive1847

unpoised1872

torrential1877

Latin1914

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > foolishly or recklessly

hastivec1300

racklec1300

hastya1375

foolhastya1393

headya1425

properant1531

headlonga1533

steep1601

precipitate1607

precipitant1608

proclive1609

precipitious1612

precipitous1646

precipitating1681

ram-stam1786

precipit1922

a1425 in N. S. Baugh Worcs. Misc. (1956) 122 To synne þei [sc. my wits] were redy. Hedy þei were to don ful ille, Slouȝ to worchen lord þy wille.

a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 41 (MED) He waxed nye wood by hedy hastynesse.

1459 J. Brackley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 334 Wyth here hevedy and fumows langage.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. C They y^t geue so precipitat and heddy iudgements.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 59^v That hot and heady humor which he is by nature subiecte vnto.

1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea 78 Not to be ouerforward as many seeme to be, whose zeale they account rash and heady indiscretion.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 149 Carried with an heady and furious impetuousnesse.

1700 G. Whitehead Rambling Pilgrim Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Is it his own officious, heady Act and Device only?

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 22 His heady Rage.

1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 318/2 The rash and heady politics of Fox.

1896 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 27 May 4/6 Mr. Balfour's heady behaviour is responsible for the general muddle into which Parliamentary business has fallen.

1922 W. C. Bruce John Randolph II. 749 He was simply disposed to make the fullest allowance for Randolph's heady temper.

1955 L. Kronenberger Republic of Lett. xx. 259 What he was, what he achieved, resulted from a heady, untamable personality.

c. Of a body of water: flowing quickly or powerfully; turbulent, rough. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > swiftly or violently

steepc1330

sturdy1426

fast-flowing1560

heady1562

strick1629

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with impetuous speed or headlong

ranka1250

whirling1382

hurlingc1400

whithering1513

headling?1518

vehement1528

heady1562

headlongc1565

precipitant1649

precipitate1654

torrent1667

precipitous1681

tearing1765

torrentuous1840

whirlwind1865

torrential1877

Gadarene1895

rocketing1952

1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes Pref. sig. Aa.iiii^v The heady streames are kepte in with bankes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 35 Neuer came Reformation in a Flood, With such a heady currance scowring faults.

1644 W. Castell Short Discov. Coasts & Continent Amer. i. 39 The many small Lucaick Ilands, so neer one another, as they make those Seas very rough, heady and dangerous.

1772 J. Whitaker Genuine Hist. Britons Asserted iii. 181 If, thus laden, they were able to stem the heady current of a narrow river.

1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 602 Swept..by the currents of the heady ocean.

1902 Monthly Rev. 8 106 Vast crags frown over heady torrents.

1920 E. M. J. Humphries Diana of Ephesians iv. i. 305 She plunged into a heady stream of talk as soon as they were seated.

1991 J. A. Greene Yellowstone Command ii. 38 Speculation that one of Custer's troopers..had made his way to that point before..drowning while attempting to swim the heady currents.

†3. Of a ruler: domineering or overbearing to those who are ruled. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing

masterfulc1390

pontificalc1440

overmasterfula1450

headya1513

imperious1529

supercilious1536

masterlya1544

termagant1546

law-like1556

masterlike1580

dictator-like1582

peremptory1590

domineering1598

burly1605

high-handed1606

pontificial1613

lording1629

overlordingc1629

pontifician1629

peremptor1630

dictatory1639

predominant1642

dictatorial1692

pontific1716

overbearing1718

dictativea1774

knock-me-down1848

imponenta1882

bossy1882

heavy-handed1883

seigneurial1970

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxix Noo wonder thoughe y^e Kyng were thus hedy or greuouse to y^e Cytie.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Sviii The fythe condicion that becometh a prince is, that he be nat heddy to his subgectes.

†4. Having a large head. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Headye, or hauynge a great heade, capito.

a. Originally: (of drink) intoxicating, potent. Later more generally: (of any drink, taste, or (esp.) smell) liable to go to the head; having an intoxicating or stupefying quality; overpoweringly or pervasively fragrant or aromatic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective]

heady1559

pass1840

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading

heady1559

rifeful1614

transfusive1677

pervading1682

pervasive1736

perfusive1817

interpenetrate1877

ambient1883

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Plantagenet f. lxxv^v No heady drinkes have geven my tounge attaynte.

1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xxviii. f. 129 The stammerers..doe manye tymes feare, to drinke anye headdy Wine.

1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C4 No man likes strong headie drinke the first day..but by custome is piece and piece allured.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cvii. 408 The flowers..are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many.

1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 4 A peculiar perry, which..is as quick, strong, and heady [as cider].

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 My Friend Nic and I, not being used to such heady Stuff [sc. champagne], got bloody Drunk.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Malus Cotonea vulgaris Some [quinces] being like an Apple, and some a Pear, of a strong heady Scent.

1806 A. Plumptre tr. F. C. Pouqueville Trav. Morea, Albania, & Other Parts Ottoman Empire vii. 72 They drink bumpers of a heady wine.

1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 39 The yellow was out on the gorse, with a heady scent like a pineapple's.

1908 E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines of France 137 Côte-Rôtie may be a little heady.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 127/2 The heady odor of white pear blossoms, thick in our tiny orchard, came drifting in.

1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. x. 389 Brunswick mum, a heady and potent herbal ale.

2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) iv. 55 Oleanders and frangipani flowers gave off a heady fragrance.

b. Without reference to actual physical sensation: so potent, exciting, exhilarating, etc., as to have an intoxicating mental effect; (in weakened use) very exciting or exhilarating.Apparently rare before late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > causing

inebriousc1450

intoxicating1606

heady1669

head-turning1803

inebriating1806

musky1858

intoxicant1861

1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown viii. §1 His [sc. Nebuchadnezzar's] Successes and Empire were too Heady for him.

1871 Sat. Rev. 18 Mar. 331/2 In the heady days of his diaconate, when to write a sermon was a delight and to preach it was Elysium.

1888 Spectator 9 June 783/1 Publicity without public duty..is one of the most heady and poisonous of the ingredients of private life.

1904 J. B. Cabell Eagle's Shadow xxxii. 238 It must have been a heady spectacle to note how their [sc. her cheeks'] shell-pink repeated the pink of her fantastic garment.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 90/1 Whitman had already caught some of this monistic lyricism, with its heady intoxication.

1975 F. Exley Pages from Cold Island vi. 105 It was while dozily daydreaming such heady dreams of glory..that I fell asleep.

1992 Fly Rod & Reel Jan. 28/1 It was Leon's first time in Patagonia. And even for an angler with his background, that's pretty heady stuff.

2008 New Yorker 15 Sept. 89/1 Florence was alight with..the heady prospect of favors from the overflowing papal coffers.

c. Of such great height as to make one giddy; vertiginous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adjective] > causing

giddy1585

dizzy1608

vertiginous1649

dizzying1804

giddying1820

heady1898

1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 501/1 He would sit on a heady scaffold,..plant a nail in the ceiling, and bring his hammer nonchalantly true upon it.

1924 A. I. I. Finch in G. I. Finch Making of Mountaineer xii. 177 Up and down we seemed to go, and once round a little natural balcony that hung out over space but proved not in the least heady.

1977 Flying Mag. Dec. 98/2 Glider pilots use waves to soar to heady altitudes.

2008 M. Richards Great Mountain Days Lake District (2009) xxxvii. 212/1 At 950m/3116ft there is no doubt one is at a heady height.

a. Affected mentally by something; intoxicated; †giddy (obsolete).Sometimes with connotations of impulsiveness or aggressiveness; cf. sense 2a.

ΚΠ

1582 S. Gosson Playes Confuted ii. sig. D The rudest of the people are sometime rauished with euery giewgawe, sometime so headie, that they runne together by heapes, they know not whither.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 820 Some sheep are headdy; some get the staggers; some the scab.

1785 H. Boyd tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso in tr. Dante Inferno II. 434 The thoughtless Saracen his faulchion drew, Heady with wine, and aim'd a mortal blow.

1846 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 482/2 Lysis, forgetting the venerable rights of a stranger, for he was heady with wine, returned answer with a kick in Metrodorus' rear.

1884 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 2 Feb. 7/2 My mother-in-law used to say sometimes that I was ‘heady’ after dinner.

1895 Christian Work 25 Apr. 663/1 An exhortation to Christians not to get heady with Christian liberty, and not to refuse obedience to legitimate authority.

1973 New Scientist 25 Oct. 281/3 A large number of wine drinkers do not necessarily drink for poetical reasons or even enjoyment alone but also to get a little heady.

2011 Atlantic Nov. 126/2 Colleges stopped acting in loco parentis, and undergraduates, heady with freedom, started throwing themselves into a frenzy of one-night stands.

b. colloquial. Having an aching or painful head; of the nature of or characterized by headache; headachy. Cf. head n.¹ 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [adjective] > in head > suffering

headachy1795

heady1872

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 4 June (1956) V. 277 George, being a little heady, and unable to occupy his mornings with writing, is going tomorrow to see the aquarium.

1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 69 In the morning I felt thick and heady and a sharp cough rasped my sore throat.

1965 ‘J. Lymington’ Green Drift iv. 64 ‘Do you still have this heady feeling?’ ‘Yes, I think it must be the heat. Thundery.’

2012 A. Kenyon Ford Road 44 I took a PM [sc. a sleeping tablet]. Just a little heady this morning though. Is the coffee on?

†7. Of a tenure: held in chief (see chief n. 12a). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C4 Tenure..All to be headdie, or free hold at least.

Compounds

Appositive, parasynthetic, and similative (chiefly in sense 2), as heady-rash, heady-minded, heady-looking adjs.

ΚΠ

1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f. 77^v Men shall be louers of their owne selues,..despisers of them that are good, Traytours, headie mynded.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 217 Nor headie-rash prouoak'd with raging ire.

1793 R. Munn Loyal Subj. (ed. 2) 32 When heady minded men, are pursuing their favorite topics..they will wade through blood to obtain them.

1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South xiii. 92 A heady-looking goat with a beard like a Jew.

1871 Once a Week 15 July 51/1 When my father prays so heartily against schismatics and seditious persons, breakers of the peace, unruly, heady-minded.

1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 148 Here comes a heady-looking carle, A seeming local sage.

1981 Economist 12 Sept. 13/2 If the second half of Solidarity's congress at the end of this month..proved to be as heady-minded as the first, the tanks could roll.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heady
释义	headyadj. Brit. /ˈhɛdi/, U.S. /ˈhɛdi/ Forms: Middle English hedi, Middle English heedi, Middle English heuedi, Middle English hevedy, Middle English–1500s hedy, 1500s heddie, 1500s heddye, 1500s heedy, 1500s heedye, 1500s heeody (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1500s–1600s headdie, 1500s–1600s headdy, 1500s–1600s headie, 1500s–1600s headye, 1500s–1600s heddy, 1500s– heady, 1500s– yeddy (English regional); Scottish pre-1700 hedie, 1700s– heady, 1800s heidie, 1800s– heidy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: head n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < head n.¹ + -y suffix¹, originally after post-classical Latin praeceps headlong, impetuous (see precipe n.).With sense 1 compare headling adv. 1. With sense 5 compare Dutch hoofdig intoxicating (1642). With sense 6b compare earlier headachy adj. In sense 7 perhaps after Anglo-Norman en chef (see chief n. 12a). †1. Of falling: headlong. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > plunging head first headya1382 plunging1538 headlong1562 pitching1749 head-foremost1839 head first1866 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Judges v. 15 In to hedy [a1425 Corpus Oxf. heuedi] fallynge [L. quasi in praeceps] & helle he ȝaf hym self to perel. 2. Impetuous, precipitate; wilful, headstrong, unruly; capricious. In early use also: excessively or perversely keen to do, or enthusiastic about, something (with upon, or to and infinitive). a. Of a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful onwileOE wilfulc1200 willesfulc1225 headstronga1398 wilsomea1400 headya1425 overthrowing?a1425 self-willya1425 self-willedc1450 sensual1524 wayward1528 headish1530 affectionate1534 self-will1562 strongheaded1579 hard-mouthed1610 brag-brained1648 self-wilful1648 overwilled1650 will-strong1654 cobby1785 willyart1791 brain-strong1863 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous wildc725 ardentc1374 fierce1377 flagrant?1521 zealous1526 passionatea1530 heady1543 concupiscentious1555 passionative1593 luxurious1614 mada1627 concupitive1651 sultry1671 hot-tempered1673 ardurousa1770 wild1811 nympholeptic1818 concupiscenta1834 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or sudden > specifically of persons suddenc1374 startle1440 heady1545 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxx. 8 An hors vntemyd..schal ascape hard, and a sone vnchastisid schal ascape heedi [a1382 E.V. stumbling doun; L. evadet praeceps]. ?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes sig. F.iij They dispise al gouernours, and them that be in auctorite, & they be stiffe & heedy in their wayes. 1543 R. Wisdom Vindic. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. App. cxv. 477 I wold have men not be heady upon flesh at such times as yt is forbydden them. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 38^v Wales being headye, and rebelling many yeares agaynst vs. 1610 B. Rich New Descr. Irel. xxv. 105 Although it bee a foule imputation for a Commander, to be reputed headie or haire-brain'd. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xviii. §205 Mischiefs that may happen..when a heady Prince comes to the Throne. 1712 C. Trimnell Serm. before Lords Spiritual & Temporal 48 Following the Instigation and Flattery of these hot, and heady, and high-minded young Men. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 95. 565 Vitiated, ignorant, and heady as I was, I had not yet lost my Reverence for Virtue. 1840 G. L. Craik et al. Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. i. 106/1 Buckingham..had shown himself a rash, heady young man, a novice in the managing of business. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxiv. 195 They war baith owre heidie... Prenciple's ae thing, but jist to rin yersel' clean intill a snorl disna dee. 1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xii He was too heady a man to reason overmuch. 1918 D. T. Lutes My Boy in Khaki x. 155 Trying to bring up a wilful, heady boy all alone, without any help or counsel. 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 12 Left to herself, the heady young Queen might perhaps have gone the way of her gay Georgian blood. 2004 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 28 Sept. 45 Offering sage advice that everyone but the heady young [Don] Juan would accept. b. Of a personal attribute, action, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > rapidly or suddenly ranka1250 headya1425 impetuous1490 powdering1619 wanton1753 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adjective] brothc1175 impetuous1398 headya1425 brainish1530 hot-brained1556 hot-headed1603 flashy1632 hot-reined1635 scapperboiling1673 warm1749 étourdi1750 torrentuous1840 impulsive1847 unpoised1872 torrential1877 Latin1914 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > foolishly or recklessly hastivec1300 racklec1300 hastya1375 foolhastya1393 headya1425 properant1531 headlonga1533 steep1601 precipitate1607 precipitant1608 proclive1609 precipitious1612 precipitous1646 precipitating1681 ram-stam1786 precipit1922 a1425 in N. S. Baugh Worcs. Misc. (1956) 122 To synne þei [sc. my wits] were redy. Hedy þei were to don ful ille, Slouȝ to worchen lord þy wille. a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 41 (MED) He waxed nye wood by hedy hastynesse. 1459 J. Brackley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 334 Wyth here hevedy and fumows langage. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. C They y^t geue so precipitat and heddy iudgements. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 59^v That hot and heady humor which he is by nature subiecte vnto. 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea 78 Not to be ouerforward as many seeme to be, whose zeale they account rash and heady indiscretion. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 149 Carried with an heady and furious impetuousnesse. 1700 G. Whitehead Rambling Pilgrim Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Is it his own officious, heady Act and Device only? 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 22 His heady Rage. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 318/2 The rash and heady politics of Fox. 1896 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 27 May 4/6 Mr. Balfour's heady behaviour is responsible for the general muddle into which Parliamentary business has fallen. 1922 W. C. Bruce John Randolph II. 749 He was simply disposed to make the fullest allowance for Randolph's heady temper. 1955 L. Kronenberger Republic of Lett. xx. 259 What he was, what he achieved, resulted from a heady, untamable personality. c. Of a body of water: flowing quickly or powerfully; turbulent, rough. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > swiftly or violently steepc1330 sturdy1426 fast-flowing1560 heady1562 strick1629 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with impetuous speed or headlong ranka1250 whirling1382 hurlingc1400 whithering1513 headling?1518 vehement1528 heady1562 headlongc1565 precipitant1649 precipitate1654 torrent1667 precipitous1681 tearing1765 torrentuous1840 whirlwind1865 torrential1877 Gadarene1895 rocketing1952 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes Pref. sig. Aa.iiii^v The heady streames are kepte in with bankes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 35 Neuer came Reformation in a Flood, With such a heady currance scowring faults. View more context for this quotation 1644 W. Castell Short Discov. Coasts & Continent Amer. i. 39 The many small Lucaick Ilands, so neer one another, as they make those Seas very rough, heady and dangerous. 1772 J. Whitaker Genuine Hist. Britons Asserted iii. 181 If, thus laden, they were able to stem the heady current of a narrow river. 1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 602 Swept..by the currents of the heady ocean. 1902 Monthly Rev. 8 106 Vast crags frown over heady torrents. 1920 E. M. J. Humphries Diana of Ephesians iv. i. 305 She plunged into a heady stream of talk as soon as they were seated. 1991 J. A. Greene Yellowstone Command ii. 38 Speculation that one of Custer's troopers..had made his way to that point before..drowning while attempting to swim the heady currents. †3. Of a ruler: domineering or overbearing to those who are ruled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxix Noo wonder thoughe y^e Kyng were thus hedy or greuouse to y^e Cytie. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Sviii The fythe condicion that becometh a prince is, that he be nat heddy to his subgectes. †4. Having a large head. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Headye, or hauynge a great heade, capito. 5. a. Originally: (of drink) intoxicating, potent. Later more generally: (of any drink, taste, or (esp.) smell) liable to go to the head; having an intoxicating or stupefying quality; overpoweringly or pervasively fragrant or aromatic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] heady1559 pass1840 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading heady1559 rifeful1614 transfusive1677 pervading1682 pervasive1736 perfusive1817 interpenetrate1877 ambient1883 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Plantagenet f. lxxv^v No heady drinkes have geven my tounge attaynte. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xxviii. f. 129 The stammerers..doe manye tymes feare, to drinke anye headdy Wine. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C4 No man likes strong headie drinke the first day..but by custome is piece and piece allured. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cvii. 408 The flowers..are of a strong, full, or heady sent, not pleasing to a great many. 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 4 A peculiar perry, which..is as quick, strong, and heady [as cider]. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 My Friend Nic and I, not being used to such heady Stuff [sc. champagne], got bloody Drunk. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Malus Cotonea vulgaris Some [quinces] being like an Apple, and some a Pear, of a strong heady Scent. 1806 A. Plumptre tr. F. C. Pouqueville Trav. Morea, Albania, & Other Parts Ottoman Empire vii. 72 They drink bumpers of a heady wine. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 39 The yellow was out on the gorse, with a heady scent like a pineapple's. 1908 E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines of France 137 Côte-Rôtie may be a little heady. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 127/2 The heady odor of white pear blossoms, thick in our tiny orchard, came drifting in. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. x. 389 Brunswick mum, a heady and potent herbal ale. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) iv. 55 Oleanders and frangipani flowers gave off a heady fragrance. b. Without reference to actual physical sensation: so potent, exciting, exhilarating, etc., as to have an intoxicating mental effect; (in weakened use) very exciting or exhilarating.Apparently rare before late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > causing inebriousc1450 intoxicating1606 heady1669 head-turning1803 inebriating1806 musky1858 intoxicant1861 1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown viii. §1 His [sc. Nebuchadnezzar's] Successes and Empire were too Heady for him. 1871 Sat. Rev. 18 Mar. 331/2 In the heady days of his diaconate, when to write a sermon was a delight and to preach it was Elysium. 1888 Spectator 9 June 783/1 Publicity without public duty..is one of the most heady and poisonous of the ingredients of private life. 1904 J. B. Cabell Eagle's Shadow xxxii. 238 It must have been a heady spectacle to note how their [sc. her cheeks'] shell-pink repeated the pink of her fantastic garment. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 90/1 Whitman had already caught some of this monistic lyricism, with its heady intoxication. 1975 F. Exley Pages from Cold Island vi. 105 It was while dozily daydreaming such heady dreams of glory..that I fell asleep. 1992 Fly Rod & Reel Jan. 28/1 It was Leon's first time in Patagonia. And even for an angler with his background, that's pretty heady stuff. 2008 New Yorker 15 Sept. 89/1 Florence was alight with..the heady prospect of favors from the overflowing papal coffers. c. Of such great height as to make one giddy; vertiginous. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adjective] > causing giddy1585 dizzy1608 vertiginous1649 dizzying1804 giddying1820 heady1898 1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 501/1 He would sit on a heady scaffold,..plant a nail in the ceiling, and bring his hammer nonchalantly true upon it. 1924 A. I. I. Finch in G. I. Finch Making of Mountaineer xii. 177 Up and down we seemed to go, and once round a little natural balcony that hung out over space but proved not in the least heady. 1977 Flying Mag. Dec. 98/2 Glider pilots use waves to soar to heady altitudes. 2008 M. Richards Great Mountain Days Lake District (2009) xxxvii. 212/1 At 950m/3116ft there is no doubt one is at a heady height. 6. a. Affected mentally by something; intoxicated; †giddy (obsolete).Sometimes with connotations of impulsiveness or aggressiveness; cf. sense 2a. ΚΠ 1582 S. Gosson Playes Confuted ii. sig. D The rudest of the people are sometime rauished with euery giewgawe, sometime so headie, that they runne together by heapes, they know not whither. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 820 Some sheep are headdy; some get the staggers; some the scab. 1785 H. Boyd tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso in tr. Dante Inferno II. 434 The thoughtless Saracen his faulchion drew, Heady with wine, and aim'd a mortal blow. 1846 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 482/2 Lysis, forgetting the venerable rights of a stranger, for he was heady with wine, returned answer with a kick in Metrodorus' rear. 1884 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 2 Feb. 7/2 My mother-in-law used to say sometimes that I was ‘heady’ after dinner. 1895 Christian Work 25 Apr. 663/1 An exhortation to Christians not to get heady with Christian liberty, and not to refuse obedience to legitimate authority. 1973 New Scientist 25 Oct. 281/3 A large number of wine drinkers do not necessarily drink for poetical reasons or even enjoyment alone but also to get a little heady. 2011 Atlantic Nov. 126/2 Colleges stopped acting in loco parentis, and undergraduates, heady with freedom, started throwing themselves into a frenzy of one-night stands. b. colloquial. Having an aching or painful head; of the nature of or characterized by headache; headachy. Cf. head n.¹ 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [adjective] > in head > suffering headachy1795 heady1872 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 4 June (1956) V. 277 George, being a little heady, and unable to occupy his mornings with writing, is going tomorrow to see the aquarium. 1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 69 In the morning I felt thick and heady and a sharp cough rasped my sore throat. 1965 ‘J. Lymington’ Green Drift iv. 64 ‘Do you still have this heady feeling?’ ‘Yes, I think it must be the heat. Thundery.’ 2012 A. Kenyon Ford Road 44 I took a PM [sc. a sleeping tablet]. Just a little heady this morning though. Is the coffee on? †7. Of a tenure: held in chief (see chief n. 12a). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C4 Tenure..All to be headdie, or free hold at least. Compounds Appositive, parasynthetic, and similative (chiefly in sense 2), as heady-rash, heady-minded, heady-looking adjs. ΚΠ 1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f. 77^v Men shall be louers of their owne selues,..despisers of them that are good, Traytours, headie mynded. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 217 Nor headie-rash prouoak'd with raging ire. View more context for this quotation 1793 R. Munn Loyal Subj. (ed. 2) 32 When heady minded men, are pursuing their favorite topics..they will wade through blood to obtain them. 1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South xiii. 92 A heady-looking goat with a beard like a Jew. 1871 Once a Week 15 July 51/1 When my father prays so heartily against schismatics and seditious persons, breakers of the peace, unruly, heady-minded. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 148 Here comes a heady-looking carle, A seeming local sage. 1981 Economist 12 Sept. 13/2 If the second half of Solidarity's congress at the end of this month..proved to be as heady-minded as the first, the tanks could roll. 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