giddy
giddy Lexical Profile
giddy Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Excitably happy, playful, or frivolous to the point of disorientation or impulsiveness.
"The children were giddy with excitement on the last day of school before summer vacation."
Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy or light-headed.
"Looking down from the high balcony made him feel slightly giddy."
• verb
To make or become dizzy, light-headed, or overwhelmingly excited.
"The rapid spinning of the carnival ride giddied the young passengers."
• Rhymes for giddy
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'gydig', meaning 'insane' or 'possessed by a god or spirit', sharing a prehistoric Germanic root with the word 'god'. Over the Middle English period, the sense softened from spiritual possession to foolishness, and eventually to physical dizziness or lighthearted excitement.