giddiness

gid·dy

G0119200 (gĭd′ē)adj. gid·di·er, gid·di·est 1. a. Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.b. Causing or capable of causing dizziness: a giddy climb to the topmast.2. Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty: was giddy with excitement at the news.intr. & tr.v. gid·died, gid·dy·ing, gid·dies To become or make giddy.

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[Middle English gidi, crazy, from Old English gidig; see gheu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]

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gid′di·ly adv.gid′di·ness n.Word History: Though little trace of a divine provenance can be discerned in its modern meaning, giddy is derived from the same ancient Germanic word (*gudam) that has given us the word God. The Germanic word *gudigaz, formed from the word *gudam, meant "possessed by a god." Such possession can be a rather unbalancing experience, and so it is not surprising that the Old English descendant of *gudigaz, gidig, meant "mad, possessed by an evil spirit," or that the Middle English development of gidig, gidi, meant the same thing, as well as "foolish," "mad (used of an animal)," "dizzy," and "uncertain, unstable." Our sense "lighthearted, frivolous" represents the ultimate secularization of giddy.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	giddiness - an impulsive scatterbrained mannersillinessfrivolity, frivolousness - the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensiblelightsomeness, lightness - the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
	2.	giddiness - a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to falldizziness, lightheadedness, vertigosymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

giddiness

noun1. dizziness, vertigo, faintness, light-headedness A wave of giddiness swept over her.2. flightiness, dizziness, foolishness, frivolity, silliness, capriciousness, ditziness or ditsiness (slang) I put it down to childish giddiness and high spirits.

giddiness

nounA sensation of whirling or falling:dizziness, lightheadedness, vertiginousness, vertigo, wooziness.

Translations

头晕

giddy

(ˈgidi) adjective feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round. I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling. 頭暈的 头晕的ˈgiddily adverb 頭暈地 头晕地ˈgiddiness noun 頭暈 头晕