† turnˈgiddy, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[f. turn v. to rotate + giddy a. Cf. turn-sick a.]
a. adj. Giddy as from turning round; dizzy; affected with vertigo. b. n. Giddiness, dizziness. Hence † turnˈgiddiness Obs. rare. = b.
Perh. a western dial. word, as the first quot. is from the work of Nicholas of Hereford.
| 1382 Wycliffite Bible Isa. xix. 14 The Lord mengde in his myddel the spirit of turnegidy [Vulg. vertiginis]. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cviii. (Tollem. MS.), Yf he eteþ many þerof, it bredeþ heedache and makeþ hem turnegedy [orig. capiti vertiginem inferunt]. Ibid. vii. xl. (Add. MS. 27944 lf. 90 b/2) Þe mouþ is soure with mystringe of yȝen and tur[n]gidinesse [orig. vertigine] & wiþ oþir wel yuel signes. |