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Heady

//ˈhɛdi// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intoxicating or stupefying.

    "The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits."

  2. 2
    Tending to upset the mind or senses.

    "We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock."

  3. 3
    Exhilarating.

    "The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits."

  4. 4
    Intellectual.

    "Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student."

  5. 5
    Rash or impetuous.

    "He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences wordnet
  2. 2
    extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic wordnet
  3. 3
    marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

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

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