DIZZY - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
Example: had a dizzy spell; a dizzy pinnacle; had a headache and felt giddy; a giddy precipice; feeling woozy from the blow on his head; a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
Synonyms
Empty-headed, Vertiginous, Featherbrained, Light-headed, Dizzy
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "dizzy" comes from Proto-Germanic *dusigaz. It started in Old English dysiġ. Then it appeared in Middle English disy. Many other languages have similar words:.
- West Frisian: dize
- Dutch: deusig
- German: dösig
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.