Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Disordered in the head; giddy or dizzy; hence, flighty; delirious.
  • Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Disordered in the head; dizzy; feeling faint; delirious.
  • adjective Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of lightheaded.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective weak and likely to lose consciousness
  • adjective lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  • adjective weak and likely to lose consciousness
  • adjective lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

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  • "Naples! I try to make myself look respectable, I have a good shave in hot water, and wash my hair; the removal of all that dirt leaves me light-headed and I have to sit down. God knows what will happen when I have a bath, it could mean a wheelchair."

    - Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall'.

    April 25, 2009