Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to giddy
Participle: giddied
Gerund: giddying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | giddy |
| you | giddy |
| he;she;it | giddies |
| we | giddy |
| you | giddy |
| they | giddy |
Perfect
| I | have giddied |
| you | have giddied |
| he;she;it | has giddied |
| we | have giddied |
| you | have giddied |
| they | have giddied |
Past
| I | giddied |
| you | giddied |
| he;she;it | giddied |
| we | giddied |
| you | giddied |
| they | giddied |
Pluperfect
| I | had giddied |
| you | had giddied |
| he;she;it | had giddied |
| we | had giddied |
| you | had giddied |
| they | had giddied |
Future
| I | will giddy |
| you | will giddy |
| he;she;it | will giddy |
| we | will giddy |
| you | will giddy |
| they | will giddy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have giddied |
| you | will have giddied |
| he;she;it | will have giddied |
| we | will have giddied |
| you | will have giddied |
| they | will have giddied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | giddy |
| you | giddy |
| he;she;it | giddy |
| we | giddy |
| you | giddy |
| they | giddy |
Perfect
| I | have giddied |
| you | have giddied |
| he;she;it | have giddied |
| we | have giddied |
| you | have giddied |
| they | have giddied |
Imperfect
| I | giddied |
| you | giddied |
| he;she;it | giddied |
| we | giddied |
| you | giddied |
| they | giddied |
Pluperfect
| I | had giddied |
| you | had giddied |
| he;she;it | had giddied |
| we | had giddied |
| you | had giddied |
| they | had giddied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would giddy |
| you | would giddy |
| he;she;it | would giddy |
| we | would giddy |
| you | would giddy |
| they | would giddy |
Perfect
| I | would have giddied |
| you | would have giddied |
| he;she;it | would have giddied |
| we | would have giddied |
| you | would have giddied |
| they | would have giddied |
Imperative
| you | giddy |
| we | Let's giddy |
| you | giddy |
Verbs conjugated like 'giddy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'giddy'
kiddy,
viddy,
buddy,
caddy,
daddy,
eddy,
giddyap,
giddyup,
gild,
gipsy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). The English word is analysable as god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives).
2. The noun and the verb are derived from the adjective.
Sample Sentences
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A nevv faſhion of apparrell creepeth no ſooner into vſe, but preſently he blameth and diſpraiſeth the olde, and that vvith ſo earneſt a reſolution, and vniverſall a conſent, that you vvould ſay, it is ſome kinde of madnes, or ſelfe-fond humor, that giddieth his vnderſtanding. [1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Ancient Customes”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 161:]
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[T]he footmen vſe it [opium] too as a preſeruer of ſtrength, and vvhich is ſtrangeſt, ſo giddies them, that in a conſtant dreame or dizzineſſe, they run ſleeping not knovving vvhom they meet, and yet miſſe not their intended places: […] [1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “A Discourse of the Life and Habit of the Persians at this Present”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, page 151:]
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And indeed her ovvn little head vvas ſo giddied vvith this vvonderful elevation; […] that had ſhe not really been one of the prettieſt figures that can be imagined, ſhe vvould have been inſufferable. [1751, [John Cleland], “Part I”, in Memoirs of a Coxcomb, London: […] R[alph] Griffiths, […], →OCLC, page 102:]
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[T]he hiss of the plunging shot deafening their ear and giddying the brain, with life and liberty beyond, and behind a doom more dread than death, they fled on through the heavy, breathless night. [1865, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “Thalassis! Thalassis!”, in Strathmore: A Romance […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 275:]
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Giddied, he gave up a moment's purchase of ground. [1981, Nadine Gordimer, July’s People, 1st UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], →ISBN, page 98:]
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[B]y chance, a sudden north-wind fetch'd, / With an extreme sea, quite about again / Our whole endeavours, and our course constrain / To giddy round, and with our bow'd sails greet / Dreadful Maleia, calling back our fleet / As far forth as Cythera. [1614–1615, Homer, “The Ninth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 202, lines 132–137:]