Etymology

dizziness

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Today it means: The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability. Full definition →

Middle English disynes ← Old English dysiġnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromdysiġnes“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdisynes
  3. English todaydizziness

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

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