dizziness

English

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Etymology

From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy +‎ -ness.

Noun

dizziness (countable and uncountable, plural dizzinesses)

  1. The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.

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Further reading
  • dizziness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • dizziness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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