dizzy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DIZZY, adjective [G., dizziness; dizzy ] 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 transitive To whirl round; to make giddy; to confuse.
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