heady
adj/ˈhɛdi/
Etymology
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
- inherited from hedi
Definitions
Intoxicating or stupefying.
- The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
- Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love / Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Tending to upset the mind or senses.
- We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
Exhilarating.
- The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
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Intellectual.
- Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
Rash or impetuous.
- He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
A surname.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA