giddy
pronunciation
How to pronounce giddy in British English:
UK [ˈgɪdi]
How to pronounce giddy in American English:
US [ˈɡɪdi]
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- Adjective:
- having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Word Origin
- giddy
- giddy: [OE] Like enthusiastic, the etymological meaning of giddy is ‘possessed by a god’. Its distant ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic adjective *guthigaz, which was derived from *gutham ‘god’. This produced Old English gidig, which meant ‘insane’ or ‘stupid’. It was not until the 16th century that it acquired its main present-day meaning, ‘dizzy’.=> god
- giddy (adj.)
- Old English gidig, variant of gydig "insane, mad, stupid," perhaps literally "possessed (by a spirit)," if it is from Proto-Germanic *gud-iga- "possessed by a god," from *gudam "god" (see god (n.)) + *-ig "possessed." Meaning "having a confused, swimming sensation" is from 1560s (compare sense evolution of dizzy). Meaning "elated" is from 1540s. Related: Giddily; giddiness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This giddy spending might look out of tune with the global economic mood music .
- 2. And did I feel giddy ?
- 3. This is at least in part because the expansion of new loans reached giddy new heights .
- 4. That would be why you feel giddy and happy after you 've been kissing someone dreamy for a while !
- 5. This new marriage of silicon valley and the state department can , at times , seem almost giddy in its tech evangelism .