Added 9 October 2026
dizzy
/ˈdɪzi/ adjective
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Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
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Producing giddiness.
We climbed to a dizzy height.
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Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.
verb
- To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.
noun
- A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).
Origin
From Middle English dysy, desy, dusi, from Old English dysiġ (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg (“stunned; dazed”). Akin to West Frisian dize (“fog”), Dutch deusig, duizig (“dizzy”), duizelig (“dizzy”), German dösig (“sleepy; stupid”).
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