giddy

English

/ɡɪdi/

adj

Definitions

Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.
Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
(archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English guidie inherited from Old English gidiġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *gudīgaz (ghostly, possessed by a god spirit, spirited) affix from English god.

Origin

English

god

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

afgod English
antigod English
begod English
demigod English
ex-god English
exgod English
giddily English
giddiness English
giddisome English
giddysome English
god English
god-king English
godbrother English
goddaughter English
goddess English
goddish English
godfather English
godfearing English
godforsaken English
godhead English
godhood English
godite English
godkiller English
godkind English
godless English
godlike English
godling English
godlore English
godly English
godmama English
godman English
godmother English
godness English
godpapa English
godpappy English
godparent English
gods English
godship English
godsister English
godslaughter English
godson English
godwoman English
gossip English
halfgod English
housegod English
nongod English
semigod English
skygod English
sungod English
thunder god English
undergod English
ungod English
*gudīgaz Proto-Germanic
gidiġ Old English
gydig Old English
god Middle English
guidie Middle English
gado Sranan Tongo