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Giddy

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɡɪd.i

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.
    archaic
  3. Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”).
    British, archaic

Equivalents

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Examples

“But the giddy, the idle, and the frivolous part of the vvorld vvill inceſſantly purſue a phantom, and graſp a ſhadovv.”
“She seemed born not only to captivate the giddy, but to turn⟳ the heads of the sage.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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See also

giddy limit giddy-go-round giddybrain giddyhead Giddying Gidea Park

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