LIGHT-HEADED, LIGHT-HEADEDNESS
ADJECTIVES
1366 ► LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining
1440 ► TURN-SICK affected with vertigo, giddy, dizzy, light-headed → obs.
1530 ► COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty
1548 ► IDLE of persons: light-headed, out of one’s mind, delirious → obs.
1599 ► WESTY dizzy, giddy; light-headed, confused → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1647 ► FEATHER-HEADED light-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless
1662 ► TOTTER-HEADED light-headed, frivolous, changeful
1724 ► HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial → chiefly Sc.
1790 ► MIRKY → MURKIE merry, gay, light-hearted → Sc.
1807 ► FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky → Sc.
1810 ► GAUFFIN light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy → Sc.
1815 ► HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted → Sc.
1817 ► NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY silly, frivolous, foolish, light-headed → Sc.
1820 ► FEATHER-BRAINED foolish, giddy, light-headed
1820 ► FEATHER-PATED foolish, giddy, light-headed, silly
1824 ► BARMY-BRAINED foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed → Sc.
1825 ► CORKY-HEADED light-headed, giddy → Sc.
1876 ► CARRIED delirious, light-headed, wandering in mind → Sc.
1879 ► BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled
1890 ► UPON THE MOON light-headed, delirious → Eng. dial.
1898 ► ALL ABOUT light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► HEAD-LIGHT giddy, dizzy, light-headed → Sc.
1905 ► HAIRY flighty, light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAZZING giddy, light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BARMY light-headed, foolish → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1919 ► GOOSEY foolish, stupid. silly, light-headed, witless → Amer. dial.
1969 ► BRATTLEBRAINED silly; light-headed → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1536 ► IDLENESS light-headedness, imbecility; delirium → obs.
1911 ► BEES a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1641 ► GIDDYHEAD a giddy, light-headed, frivolous, or stupid person
1652 ► GIDDY-BRAIN a giddy, frivolous person; a light-headed, stupid person
..18C ► CORKY-NODDLE a light-headed, frivolous person; one whose wisdom floats on the surface; an empty-headed fellow → Sc.
1814 ► GLAIK a silly, light-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman; an idle, good-for-nothing person → Sc., derogatory
1831 ► FEATHER-HEAD a silly, light-headed person
1839 ► FEATHER-BRAIN a foolish, giddy person; a dull, stupid person; a silly, light-headed person
1866 ► BESSIE → BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; an idiot → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1866 ► GLOFFUS → GLUFFIS → GLUFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance → Sc.
1881 ► PAPER-FIDDLER one who is energetic or lively in his movements; a light-headed, thoughtless fellow → Eng. dial.
1887 ► DUMBHEAD a very silly or light-headed person
1888 ► GAUFFIN a giggling, light-headed person → Sc. (Bk.)
1894 ► FLUTTER-PATE a flighty or light-headed person
1900 ► FANTOME an empty, light-headed fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► FEATHER-BREENS a foolish, light-headed person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► COCK-BRAIN a light-headed, foolish person → Amer. dial.
1915 ► DINGBAT a dull, stupid person; a fool; a silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1929 ► HEAD-ILL a person of frivolous, light-headed disposition → Sc.
1935 ► DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells; a dull, stupid person; a silly or light-headed person → US sl.
1965 ► ALL ONE’S PUFF a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BUBBLEHEAD a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BUGHEAD a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► FEATHERTOP a silly, light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► FEATHERWEIGHT a silly, light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► LIGHTHEAD a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► NUTHEAD a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► SCREW-POT a very silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1969 ► COTTONHEAD a silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1898 ► BEWOTTLE to confuse or render light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAZE to turn giddy or light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)