Found 2 items, similar to Giddiest.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: giddiest
giddiest
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giddy
giddy
adj 1: having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;
“had a dizzy spell”;
“a dizzy pinnacle”;
“had a
headache and felt giddy”;
“a giddy precipice”;
“feeling woozy from the blow on his head”;
“a
vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff” [syn:
dizzy,
woozy,
vertiginous]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
“a dizzy blonde”;
“light-headed teenagers”;
“silly giggles” [syn:
airheaded,
dizzy,
empty-headed,
featherbrained,
light-headed,
lightheaded,
silly]
[also:
giddied,
giddiest,
giddier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Giddiest
Giddy
\Gid"dy\, a. [Compar.
Giddier; superl.
Giddiest.] [OE.
gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw.
gidda to shake, tremble.]
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1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling
about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of
the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall;
lightheaded; dizzy.
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By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. --Tate.
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2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a
giddy precipice. --Prior.
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Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. --Shak.
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3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round
with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
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The giddy motion of the whirling mill. --Pope.
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4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable;
fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
“Giddy, foolish
hours.” --Rowe.
“Giddy chance.” --Dryden.
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Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
--Cowper.
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