英和和英

名詞

light-headedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lightheadedness.

語源

From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

発音

• enPR: lītʹhĕd'(ĭ)d-nĕs
• ハイフネーション: light‧head‧ed‧ness

名詞

lightheadedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.

   The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.

   • 2024 September 14, Zachary Pottle, “Galaxy Gas: Flavored Whipped Cream Charger Or Dangerous Drug?”, in AddictionCenter‎:

     The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.

同意語

• giddiness

関連する語

• light-headedly (adverb)

参考

• vertigo

Further reading

• 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.