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Giddiest

Giddy \Gid"dy\, a. [Compar. Giddier; superl. Giddiest.] [OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.]

  1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

    By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.
    --Tate.

  2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
    --Prior.

    Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.
    --Shak.

  3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

    The giddy motion of the whirling mill.
    --Pope.

  4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. ``Giddy, foolish hours.''
    --Rowe. ``Giddy chance.''
    --Dryden.

    Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
    --Cowper.

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giddiest

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giddy

  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: dizzy, woozy, vertiginous]

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

  3. [also: giddied, giddiest, giddier]

Usage examples of "giddiest".

And I tell ye strangers -- all save Bougwan, whom because thou didst do me a service I will save alive if thou wilt leave these men and follow me' (here poor Good shook his head vigorously and ejaculated 'Can't be done' in English) -- 'that I will wrap you in sheets of gold and hang you yet alive in chains from the four golden trumpets of the four angels that fly east and west and north and south from the giddiest pinnacles of the Temple, so that ye may be a token and a warning to the land.