英単語

giddyの意味・使い方・発音

giddy

英 ['gɪdɪ] 美 ['ɡɪdi]
  • adj.めまいがする; まぶしい; 軽薄な
  • vt.めまいを起こさせる;幻惑させる
  • vi. 目がくらむ;目がくらむ
  • n. (Giddy)人の名前;(Eng.)

語源


めまい。

神、神聖、暗に悪魔憑き、めまい、熱狂を意味する。

英語の語源


giddy
giddy: [OE] Like enthusiastic, the etymological meaning of giddy is ‘possessed by a god’. Its distant ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic adjective *guthigaz, which was derived from *gutham ‘god’. This produced Old English gidig, which meant ‘insane’ or ‘stupid’. It was not until the 16th century that it acquired its main present-day meaning, ‘dizzy’.
=> god
giddy (adj.)
Old English gidig, variant of gydig "insane, mad, stupid," perhaps literally "possessed (by a spirit)," if it is from Proto-Germanic *gud-iga- "possessed by a god," from *gudam "god" (see god (n.)) + *-ig "possessed." Meaning "having a confused, swimming sensation" is from 1560s (compare sense evolution of dizzy). Meaning "elated" is from 1540s. Related: Giddily; giddiness.

例文


1. Anthony was giddy with self-satisfaction.
アンソニーは自慢して有頂天になった。

2.Being there gave me a giddy pleasure.
その場所にいると、私は興奮して手がつけられない。

3.When I looked down from the top floor,I felt giddy .
最上階から下を見たときめまいがしました。

4.Some boys are always playing the giddy goat,behaving foolishly.
ふざけたり、でたらめな振る舞いをしたりする男の子がいます。

5.I was giddy with the heat.
私は暑くてめまいがして頭が膨れている。

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