lightheadedness
See also: light-headedness
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: lītʹhĕd'(ĭ)d-nĕs
- Hyphenation: light‧head‧ed‧ness
Noun edit
lightheadedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
- The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- light-headedly (adverb)
Translations edit
the property of feeling lighheaded
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- lightheadedness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “lightheadedness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.