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    Dizzy , a. [Compar. Dizzier ; 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. dwǣs 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.
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      Alas! his brain was dizzy.
      Drayton.

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    2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
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      To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder.
      Macaulay.

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    3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. “The dizzy multitude.”
      Milton.

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    Dizzy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
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    If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding.
    Sir W. Scott.

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