English Explanatory Dictionary

dizzy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
  2. Producing giddiness.
  3. Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
  4. simple, half-witted.
verb
  1. To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.
noun
  1. A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).
name
  1. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and twice prime minister of the United Kingdom.
name
  1. A nickname.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪzi/ en-us-dizzy.ogg

Word forms

dizzy dizzier dizziest dizzie dizzies dizzying dizzied Dizzys

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”).

Synonyms

woozy dizzying

Related words

dizz

Derived words

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