英语词汇giddy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	giddy
词源	giddy. The Greek word that gives us giddy, first recorded in about 1000, translates as “possessed by a god.” Giddy, however, started off meaning mad, insane, and foolish, in English, and to- day generally means frivolous and lighthearted, flighty, though it sometimes means to be dizzy or affected with vertigo.
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