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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
giddy/ˈɡɪdi/
▶adjective (giddier, giddiest)
  • 1 having or causing a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy.
  • 2 excitable and frivolous.
▶verb (giddies, giddying, giddied) make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.
– phrases
play the giddy goat dated act in an irresponsible or silly way.
– derivatives
giddily adverb,
giddiness noun.
– origin OE gidig ‘insane’, lit. ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God.



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