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Webster 1913 Edition
Dizzy
Diz′zy
(dĭz′zy̆)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Dizzier
(dĭz′zĭ-ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Dizziest
.] [OE.
dusi
, disi
, desi
, foolish, AS. dysig
; akin to LG. düsig
dizzy, OD. deuzig
, duyzig
, OHG. tusig
foolish, OFries. dusia
to be dizzy; LG. dusel
dizziness, duselig
, dusselig
, D. duizelig
, dizzy, Dan. dösig
drowsy, slepy, döse
to make dull, drowsy, dös
dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dwǣs
foolish, G. thor
fool. √71. Cf. Daze
, Doze
.] 1.
Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
Alas! his brain was
dizzy
. Drayton.
2.
Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a
dizzy
ladder. Macaulay.
3.
Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.
“The dizzy multitude.” Milton.
Diz′zy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dizzied
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dizzying
.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dizzy
DIZZY
,Adj.
1.
Giddy; having a sensation of whirling in the head, with instability or proneness to fall; vertiginous.2.
Causing giddiness; as a dizzy highth.3.
Giddy; thoughtless; heedless; as the dizzy multitude.DIZZY
,Verb.
T.