From en.wiktionary.org:
[Giddy]
** English
[2022]
*** Etymology
[en] The [adjective] is derived from [en], [enm], [enm][gedi, gidie, gidy,
gudi, gudiʒe, guidi, guydi, gydi, gydie],[1] from [en], [ang], from [en], from
[gmw-pro] + [gmw-pro], [gmw-pro].[2] The English word is analysable as [en].
The [noun][3] and the [verb][4] are derived from the adjective.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] Feeling a sense of spinning in the head , causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down ; dizzy .
2. * [part=2]
3. * [page=93]
4. * [page=141]
5. * [en]
6. [en] Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
7. * [act=I]
8. * [act=III]
9. * [chapter=VI]
10. * [page=56]
11. * [poem=Hope]
12. * [volume=I]
13. * [poem=Woodnotes]
14. Moving around something or spinning rapidly .
15. * [sig=G3]
16. * [volume=V]
17. * [page=21]
18. * [stanza=XXXI]
19. * [volume=II]
20. [en]
1. Unable to concentrate or think seriously ; easily excite d; impulsive ; also, lightheartedly silly ; frivolous .
2. * [act=III]
3. * [collection=Satyres]
4. * [act=V]
5. * [edition=3rd]
6. * [edition=2nd]
7. * [part=2]
8. * [volume=I]
9. * [page=316]
10. * [volume=III]
11. * [chapter=XIII]
1. [en] [Used as an [intensifier] .]
2. * [poem=Soldier an' Sailor Too]
3. * [page=192]
4. * [chapter=The Adventure of the Radical Candidate]
12. Joyfully elated ; overcome with excitement or happiness .
13. * [act=III]
14. * [en]
15. * [page=153]
16. * [story=The Affair at the Novelty Theatre]
17. [en] Feeling great anger ; furious , raging .
21. [en] Of an animal , chiefly a sheep : affected by [en] , which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly .
22. [en] Of a thing , especially a ship : unsteady , as if dizzy.
23. * [chapter=Ceyx and Alcyone]
24. * [book=IX]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en|collapse=0|act the giddy goat |giddify |giddily |giddiness
|giddisome |giddy as a windmill |giddy-brained |giddy-go-round |giddy-headed
|giddyish |giddy limit |giddysome |hitch in one's giddy-up |my giddy aunt
|play the giddy goat |play the giddy ox |ungiddy }}
**** Translations
[feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness
and being about to fall down]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] [to become giddy]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Haitian Creole: [ht] , [ht]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy] , [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[moving around something or spinning rapidly]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Norwegian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[lightheartedly silly]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Mongolian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[feeling great anger]
[of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun] [en]
1. Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive .
2. * [en]
3. * [volume=I]
4. [en] [en] .
**** Translations
[something that is frivolous or impulsive]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[_synonym of_ gid]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady ; to dizzy .
2. * [book=I]
3. * [chapter=A Discourse of the Life and Habit of the Persians at this Present]
4. * [page=102]
5. * [volume=III]
6. [en]
1. To become dizzy or unsteady.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To move around something or spin rapidly ; to reel ; to whirl .
4. * [year=1857]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady]
[to become dizzy or unsteady]
- Armenian:
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Korean: [ko]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=gidī]
[2]. [pos=] ; [pos=adj]
[3]. [pos=n]
[4]. [pos=v]
*** Further reading
- [dizziness]
[en]