Word Meanings - SCATTER-BRAINED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Giddy; thoughtless.

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• GIDDY
  silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded;
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• GIDDY-HEAD
  A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. Burton.
• GIDDY-HEADED
  Thoughtless; unsteady.
• GIDDY-PACED
  Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. Shak.