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light-headed

The English word “light-headed” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
  2. Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

Etymology

From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).

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