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giddy

/ˈɡɪdi/GIH-dee
/ˈɡɪdi/GIH-dee

Meaningsinging, making merry

Common meaning: dizzy

Other meanings: flighty

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishgiddiansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgidisource
  3. Englishgiddy‘dizzy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English giddian ‘singing, making merry’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GIDDY, p. 233 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • giddian Old English “singing, making merry”

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