— giddily , adv. — giddiness , n.
/gid"ee/ , adj., giddier, giddiest , v. , giddied, giddying .
adj.
1. affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2. attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
3. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty: a giddy young person.
v.t. , v.i.
4. to make or become giddy.
[ bef. 1000; ME gidy, OE gidig mad (as var. of * gydig ), deriv. of god GOD, presumably orig. "possessed by a divine being" ]
Syn. 1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.