heady

See also: Heady

English

Etymology

From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛdi

Adjective

heady (comparative headier, superlative headiest)

1. 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

2. Tending to upset the mind or senses.

   We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.

3. Exhilarating.

   The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.

4. Intellectual.

   Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.

5. Rash or impetuous.

   He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.

Derived terms

• headily
• headiness

Translations

intoxicating or stupefying

• Bulgarian: упоителен (bg) (upoitelen), опияняващ (bg) (opijanjavašt)
• Czech: opojný, omamný
• German: berauschend (de)
• Russian: опьяняющий (ru) (opʹjanjajuščij), дурманящий (ru) (durmanjaščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: opojan (sh)

intellectual

• Finnish: vaikeatajuinen
• German: verkopft (de)

rash or impetuous

• Bulgarian: стремителен (bg) (stremitelen), неудържим (bg) (neudǎržim)
• German: ungestüm (de)
• Russian: поспешный (ru) (pospešnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: plahovit (sh), stremeći

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