head´iness

head´iness
head|y «HEHD ee», adjective, head|i|er, head|i|est.
1. hasty; rash; impetuous: »

this heady, imaginative young enthusiast (H. G. Wells).

SYNONYM(S): precipitate, headstrong, violent.
2. apt to affect the head and make one dizzy; intoxicating: »

a heady wine. He would sit on a heady scaffold (Atlantic).

3. Informal. intelligent.
[contraction of Middle English hevedi (originally) headlong; (later) affecting the head]
head´i|ly, adverb.
head´iness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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