different between giddy vs groggy

English

Etymology

From Middle English guidie, guydie, gydi (“possessed by a demon; crazy, insane; foolish; dizzy”), from Old English gidi?, gydi? (“possessed by a spirit or demon, mad, insane”), from Proto-Germanic *gud?gaz (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), equivalent to god +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??di/

• Rhymes: -?di

Adjective

giddy (comparative giddier, superlative giddiest)

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

2. Causing dizziness: causing dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

3. Lightheartedly silly, or joyfully elated.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act III Scene 2

     Hearing applause and universal shout,

     Giddy in spirit, still gazing, in a doubt

     Whether those peals of praise be his or no;

4. (archaic) Frivolous, impulsive, inconsistent, changeable.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V Scene 4

     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, William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools

     Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm,

     And make mistakes for manhood to reform.

Synonyms

• dizzy

Derived terms

• giddily
• giddiness
• giddisome
• my giddy aunt

Translations

See also

• vertiginous

Verb

giddy (third-person singular simple present giddies, present participle giddying, simple past and past participle giddied)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make dizzy or unsteady.
2. To reel; to whirl.

English

Etymology

grog +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.?i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

groggy (comparative groggier, superlative groggiest)

1. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

   The medicine made him groggy and irritable.

2. Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.

Descendants

• ? Czech: grogy / groggy
• ? French: groggy
• ? Spanish: grogui

Translations

Further reading

• groggy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Adjective

groggy

1. Alternative form of grogy

Further reading

• groggy in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• groggy in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English groggy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?i/

Adjective

groggy (invariable)

1. groggy

Further reading

• “groggy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).