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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

GIZZY, adj. Giddy, uncertain on one's legs.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 325:
He's gettin fuddled noo I see . . . but as for me, I'm blin' fou, and rather gizzy.

[Phs. a conflation of giddy and dizzy, emphasising the speaker's condition.]

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