Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

DIZZY - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Diz"zy (dĭz"zӗ), a. [Compar. Dizzier (dĭz"zĭ*&etilde_;r); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d&ü;sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d&ö;sig drowsy, slepy, d&ö;se to make dull, drowsy, d&ö;s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw&aē_;s foolish, G. thor fool. √71. Cf. Daze, Doze.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
[1913 Webster]

Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.
[1913 Webster]

2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
[1913 Webster]

To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.The dizzy multitude.” Milton.
[1913 Webster]

 

Diz"zy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
[1913 Webster]

If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. Sir W. Scott.