GIDDY


Meaning of GIDDY in English

adj. & v.

--adj. (giddier, giddiest)

1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall, stagger, or spin round.

2 a overexcited as a result of success, pleasurable emotion, etc.; mentally intoxicated. b excitable, frivolous.

3 tending to make one giddy.

--v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) make or become giddy.

Derivatives:

giddily adv. giddiness n.

Etymology: OE gidig insane, lit. 'possessed by a god'

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.