heady
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See also: Heady
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛdi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdi
Adjective[edit]
heady (comparative headier, superlative headiest)
- Intoxicating or stupefying.
- The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
- 1950, James Shelton (lyrics and music), “Lilac Wine”:
- Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love / Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
- Tending to upset the mind or senses.
- We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
- Exhilarating.
- The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
- Intellectual.
- Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
- Rash or impetuous.
- He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
intoxicating or stupefying
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intellectual
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rash or impetuous
Anagrams[edit]
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