dizziness
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]dizziness (countable and uncountable, plural dizzinesses)
- The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]state of being dizzy
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dizziness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dizziness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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