I. ˈdizē, -zi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English disy, from Old English dysig foolish, stupid; akin to Old High German tusig stupid, Middle Low German dūsich stunned, dizzy, Old English dwǣs stupid, foolish Middle Low German dwas stupid, foolish, Old Norse dos quiet, dusa to be quiet, Latin furere to rage, fumus smoke — more at fume
1. : foolish , silly , inane , heedless — not often in formal use
2.
a. : having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall : giddy
round and round they danced until dizzy
b. : mentally confused or dazed : being in a whirl
could juggle mathematical formulas in such a way as to make the ordinary man dizzy — A.W.Long
3.
a.
(1) : causing or tending to cause dizziness or giddiness : vertiginous
gazing down from those dizzy heights
(2) : confusing or tending to confuse mentally : making one's head swim
dizzy and exuberant rhetoric
b. : caused by or associated with dizziness
his fever rose enveloping him in a dizzy mist
c. : whirling or moving with extreme rapidity
drawn into the dizzy vortex of the whirlpool
d. : exceeding normal or reasonable limits : extreme , immoderate
prices continued to rise at a dizzy rate
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
1. : to make dizzy or giddy : cause a swimming sensation in the head of : daze
we were dizzied by the beating wind — T.E.Lawrence
2. : to make unsteady in thought or mind : confuse , stupefy , bewilder
prospects so brilliant as to dizzy the mind
the disaster dizzied her brain and paralyzed her will