Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
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- noun The property of feeling
lightheaded ;dizzyness orfaintness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As I wandered across the yard, light-headedness overtook me.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Before I realised it, I was too far down the slope to stop and I was having a bout of light-headedness that gave the scene a surreal feeling of non-reality.
The Rainbow Clockwerkz Hugh Barlow 2012
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If you experience labored breathing, light-headedness, dizziness, or other atypical symptoms, stop and consult your physician immediately.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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As I wandered across the yard, light-headedness overtook me.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Other symptoms include a cold sweat, nausea, severe indigestion, sense of impending doom and light-headedness.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: How To Prevent Heart Disease And Stroke M.D. Susan Blumenthal 2011
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If you experience labored breathing, light-headedness, dizziness, or other atypical symptoms, stop and consult your physician immediately.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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And again and again until he lay back, his parched throat eased, the muzzy light-headedness receding under the sweet tang of the icy water.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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While feeling "dizzy" over a great poem is a perfectly fine response by individual readers, at some point one's light-headedness has to be dispelled for further discussion of the poem to take place.
Literary Study 2009
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A wave of light-headedness passed over Cara, and for a moment she swayed on her feet.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Other symptoms include a cold sweat, nausea, severe indigestion, sense of impending doom and light-headedness.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: How To Prevent Heart Disease And Stroke M.D. Susan Blumenthal 2011
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