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dizzy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪzi/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
   • Alas! his brain was dizzy. 1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “Nimphidia. The Court of Fayrie.”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC:
   • I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
2. Producing giddiness.
   • ...faintly from the valley far below came an unmistakable sound which brought me to my feet, trembling with excitement, to peer eagerly downward from my dizzy ledge. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
   • To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
   • We climbed to a dizzy height.
3. Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
   • My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.
   • the dizzy multitude 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
4. (UK, Yorkshire, dialectal) simple, half-witted.
   • Them as diz ’at is dizzy. 1952, Albert Lyon Hoy, An Etymologal Glossary of the East Yorkshire Dialect:

Forms

Deriveds

dizzyingly · dizzard · spindizzy · dizzily · dizzy limit · dizzies · dizzying · dizzy izzy · dizzyish · dizziness · dizzy bat

Relateds

dizz

Synonyms

dizzying · woozy

Translations (87)

es vertiginoso (producing giddiness) · cs mající závrať (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fr vertigineux (producing giddiness) · sv dimmig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fr avoir le vertige (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · el ζαλισμένος (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · is ringlaður (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · fr pris de vertige (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fr tête en l’air (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · el συγκεχυμένος (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · cy penfeddw (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sh vrtjeti se u glavi (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · ar دَائِخ (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fr étourdissant (producing giddiness) · el ζαβλακομένος (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · is vankaður (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · de schwindelerregend (producing giddiness) · sv snurrig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · cy penysgafn (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv virrig (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · fi tyhmä (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · grc σκοτωματικός (producing giddiness) · nl draaierig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · he מסוחררת (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv vimmelkantig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · it avere le vertigini (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · ms kepala pusing (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · cy pensyfrdan (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv svindlande (producing giddiness) · bg шеметен (producing giddiness) · ckb گێژ (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · es vaguido (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fr avoir la tête qui tourne (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · nb ør (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · gl vertixinoso (producing giddiness) · fi huimata (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · unm kionàskwe (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · nb svimmel (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sh opojno (producing giddiness) · fi huimaava (producing giddiness) · sv yrselframkallande (producing giddiness) · pt vertiginoso (producing giddiness) · cmn 暈 /晕 (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · cy chwil (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · he מסוחרר (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · grc ἰλιγγιῶν (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · kmr gêj (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · pdt dieslich (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · ga meadhránach (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv omtöcknad (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv yr (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · es mareador (producing giddiness) · ca vertiginós (producing giddiness) · fa گیج (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · es mareado (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sh blesav (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · ca marejat (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · pl oszołomiony (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · it vertiginoso (producing giddiness) · fr écervelé (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · el συγχυτικός (producing giddiness) · de schwindelig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · da svimmel (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · el ζαλιστικός (producing giddiness) · yue 暈 /晕 (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · eo kapturna (producing giddiness) · my မူး (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · es vertiginoso (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · sv groggy (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fi pyörryttää (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · fi pyöriä päässä (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · pt zonzo (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · ga míobhánach (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · ru головокружи́тельный (producing giddiness) · nl duizelingwekkend (producing giddiness) · dsb zwity (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · enm gydy (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · el ιλιγγιώδης (producing giddiness) · sv snurrig (empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous) · grc σκοτοδινιῶν (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · pt tonto (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · dsb zawity (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · de schwindlig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · id pusing (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · nl duizelig (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · bg замаян (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced) · kix tǖkēmkù (experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced)

wikipedia: dizzy

dizzy en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪzi/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.
   • Let me have this violence and compulsion removed, there is nothing that, in my seeming, doth more bastardise and dizzie a wel-borne and gentle nature […] 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
   • So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold at times. The contest did not extend beyond the half-hour mark. 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:
   • If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (4)

sv att göra snurrig (to make (someone or something) dizzy) · cmn 暈 /晕 (to make (someone or something) dizzy) · sv att göra yr (to make (someone or something) dizzy) · sv att göra virrig (to make (someone or something) dizzy)

wikipedia: dizzy

dizzy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪzi/ (UK, US)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (slang) A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).
   • A service exchange distributor usually needs to be ordered by a motor factor and cost £150-200! I would suggest you use the SD1 dizzy body/cap etc but change the trigger mechanism to a modern electronic/breakerless unit such as the Newtronic unit. 2005, Roger Williams, How to Give Your MGB V8 Power, page 201:

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