swimmy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈswɪ.mi/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
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Etymology
From swim + -y.
Meanings
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Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.
I hadn't noticed at Peter Anderson's—my head was too swimmy to notice anything.
1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates:"I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment. That's all."
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:It was as well I was sitting down; the experience of dizziness induced by a familial revelation did not seem to be a condition I was becoming inured to, despite the frequency with which it had swept through me in the past few days. My sight seemed to go a bit swimmy for a while, but I just sat and waited for it to clear.
1995, Iain Banks, Whit:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swimmiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most swimmy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more swimmy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| swimmier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |