dizzy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over.

   I stood up too quickly and suddenly felt dizzy.

2. 2
   adj

   Making you feel unsteady because of great height or speed.

   We climbed to a dizzy height above the valley.

3. 3
   adj

   Silly, forgetful, or not serious.

   She played the part of a dizzy but lovable character.

From Middle English dysy, desy, dusi, from Old English dysiġ (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg (“stunned; dazed”), likely from the root of Proto-Germanic *dwēsaz (“foolish, stupid”). Akin to West Frisian dize (“fog”), Dutch deusig, duizig (“dizzy”), duizelig (“dizzy”), German dösig (“sleepy; stupid”).

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