noun
Meaning 1
The state of being giddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
giddiness
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noun
Meaning 2
A feeling of being overcome with excitement, especially in a silly or immature manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an impulsive scatterbrained manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frivolity, frivolousness
Narrower terms: lightsomeness, lightness
noun
Meaning 4
a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English giddy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English giddiness From giddy + -ness.