| 单词 | light in the head |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight in the head 34. Dizzy; giddy (cf. light-headed adj. 1a). Also: mentally unstable; mad, deranged. Now chiefly in light in the head.In the 19th cent. chiefly regional. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adjective] dizzyc1340 turngiddy1398 turn-sickc1440 lighta1500 light-headeda1500 dozy1530 swimec1540 giddy1570 swimming1607 vertiginous1608 vertiginal1612 vertiginous1621 vertigious1623 hiddy-giddy1629 swimmering1650 wheel-sick1670 giddyish1711 swimmy1836 whizzy1866 dizzied1870 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > delirious or raving wedingc725 lighta1500 light-headeda1500 ravinga1525 raving mad1541 frenetical1548 idle1548 delirant1600 deliring1600 frenetic1609 phrenitic1649 delirous1656 delirious1670 deliriate1689 rambling1700 straggle-brained1725 allochoos1811 ravers1938 a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 37 (MED) Balam..was sore aflyȝt, And lepe oute at wyndowe as he hadden ben lyȝt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 271 Are his wits safe? is he not light of braine? View more context for this quotation 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §89. 141 He..continued very light eight dayes. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 8 Light grew her head, her breast did beat, She totter'd to her fall. 1858 E. E. Stuart Let. 11 Feb. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) II. 850 My tears literally poured from my eyes..my head so light that I felt as if I had taken liquor. 1869 Sabbath at Home Sept. 546/2 She's gone light in her mind. a1953 D. Glover in V. O'Sullivan Anthol. 20th Cent. N.Z. Poetry (1987) 113 Elizabeth is dead now (it's years ago) Old Tom went light in the head. 2011 Antioch Rev. 69 734 I tried to climb the stairs, but I was too weak to stand, too light in the head. < as lemmas |
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