dizzy

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪzi/ Rhymes: -ɪzi === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== dizzy (comparative dizzier, superlative dizziest) Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded. Synonym: woozy Producing giddiness. Synonym: dizzying Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy. (UK dialectal, Yorkshire) simple, half-witted. ===== Alternative forms ===== dizzie (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== dizz ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== dizzy (third-person singular simple present dizzies, present participle dizzying, simple past and past participle dizzied) (transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== dizzy (plural dizzies) (slang, automotive) A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).