dizzy
/ˈdɪzi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
adj
name
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and twice prime minister of the United Kingdom.
British usage; Humorous; Slang
name
A nickname.
Example Sentences
- "I stood up too fast and felt dizzy."
- "Alas! his brain was dizzy."
- "We climbed to a dizzy height."
- "To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder."
- "...faintly from the valley far below came an unmistakable sound which brought me to my feet, trembling with excitement, to peer eagerly downward from my dizzy ledge."
- "My new secretary is a dizzy blonde."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰwes-, dysy, dysiġ, *dusīg
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɪzi/
- British English: /ˈdɪzi/
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Slang
- Humorous