heady

adj
/ˈhɛdi/

Etymology

From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.

  1. inherited from hedi

Definitions

  1. 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
  2. Tending to upset the mind or senses.

    • We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
  3. Exhilarating.

    • The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. Intellectual.

      • Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
    2. Rash or impetuous.

      • He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
    3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA