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lightheaded

[lahyt-hed-id]
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adjective
  1. giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
  2. having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless: lightheaded persons.
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Origin of lightheaded

First recorded in 1530–40; light2 + head + -ed3
Related formslight·head·ed·ly, adverblight·head·ed·ness, noun
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  • To bed with you, you canting hypocrite; your wound makes you light-headed.

    The Tavern Knight

    Rafael Sabatini

  • Jon thought the excess of oxygen was making him light-headed.

    Acid Bath

    Vaseleos Garson

  • I verily believe that at times I was light-headed in a sort of languid way.

    A Personal Record

    Joseph Conrad

  • I passed the night in the guardroom, chilled and wet, and now and then light-headed.

    The Making Of A Novelist

    David Christie Murray

  • It was clear even to that light-headed lassie, my niece, at the first glance.

    Red Cap Tales

    Samuel Rutherford Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for light-headed

light-headed

adjective
  1. frivolous in disposition or behaviour
  2. giddy; feeling faint or slightly delirious
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Derived Formslight-headedly, adverblight-headedness, noun
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Word Origin and History for light-headed

adj.

also lightheaded, "dizzy," 1530s; from light (adj.1) + head (n.). Related: Light-headedness.

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