giddy

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The Dems are getting giddy, which is dangerous when you're dealing with snakes (water moccasins, I'm thinking).

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  1. adjective Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.
  2. adjective Causing or capable of causing dizziness: a giddy climb to the topmast.
  3. adjective Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty.

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dizzy ·  frantic ·  delirious ·  breathless ·  daze ·  mad ·  hysterical ·  frivolous ·  unsteady ·  joyous ·  light-headed ·  childish
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English gidi, crazy, from Old English gidig; see gheu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English gidie, gidi, gydie, gydi, foolish (not ‘dizzy’ in the physical sense; so dizzy orig. meant ‘foolish’); origin obscure; the alleged Anglo-Saxon *gidig (Somner) is not found, and there is nothing to connect English giddy with Anglo-Saxon giddian, sing, recite, speak, from gid, gidd, a song, poem, saying.
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/ˈgɪdi/
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