Diz"zy (d&ibreve;z"z&ybreve;), a.
[Compar. Dizzier (-z&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi,
disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG.
düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG.
tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG.
dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D.
duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy,
döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness,
drowsiness, and to AS. dw&aemacr;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.
Alas! his brain was dizzy.
Drayton.
2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or
vertigo.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a
dizzy ladder.
Macaulay.
3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting;
thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude."
Milton.
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.
If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied
thy understanding.
Sir W. Scott.
