GID'DINESS, noun The state of being giddy or vertiginous; vertigo; a sensation of reeling or whirling, when the body loses the power of preserving its balance or a steady attitude, or when objects at rest appear to reel, tremble or whirl; a swimming of the head. 1. Inconstancy; unsteadiness; mutability. 2. Frolic; wantonness; levity.
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