Adjective

(en-adj)

(not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.

(obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.

Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.

Strange, unusual.

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(not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.

* (Sir Walter Scott), Guy Mannering – or The Astrologer

I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.

(not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.

(not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.

(not comparable, in combination with a number, not comparable) About, approximately.

(not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.

Adjective

(er)

Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down.

The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.

Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

They climbed to a giddy height.

Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.

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, title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}

The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.

(archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.

* 1599 ,

In brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore never flout at me for what I have said against it, for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.

* 1784 , , Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools

Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm,

And make mistakes for manhood to reform.