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Dizziest

Dizzy \Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. Dizzier (d[i^]z"z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull, drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s foolish, G. thor fool. [root]7

  1. Cf. Daze, Doze.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

    Alas! his brain was dizzy.
    --Drayton.

  2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

    To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder.
    --Macaulay.

  3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. ``The dizzy multitude.''
    --Milton.

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dizziest

a. (en-superlativedizzy)

WordNet
dizzy

  1. v. make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"

  2. [also: dizzied, dizziest, dizzier]

dizzy

  1. adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: giddy, woozy, vertiginous]

  2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly]

  3. [also: dizzied, dizziest, dizzier]

dizziest

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Usage examples of "dizziest".

Kasturba was still dressing in Nasreen I's old, loud saris: today she had chosen one of the dizziest of the Op--Art black--and-white prints.

I've told you that he's thirsty for all that's dizziest in thought, yet he's cold as a fish, but with a bitter-dry coldness.

They performed the dizziest feats of arithmetic, soaring quite out of MY feeble range, and perpetrated, in higher spirits than ever, geographical and historical jokes.

Violet and Klaus looked at one another in silence and shivered in their strange clothes, until finally Klaus broke the silence with one more question, which seemed the dizziest one of all.