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light-headedness

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 or faintness.

Etymologies

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light-headed +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • As I wandered across the yard, light-headedness overtook me.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • As I wandered across the yard, light-headedness overtook me.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A wave of light-headedness passed over Cara, and for a moment she swayed on her feet.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • 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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