"heady" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heady.wav [Southern-England] Forms: headier [comparative], headiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛdi Etymology: From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hedi}} Middle English hedi, {{m|enm|hevedi}} hevedi, {{suffix|en|head|y}} head + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} heady (comparative headier, superlative headiest)
  1. Intoxicating or stupefying. Translations (intoxicating or stupefying): упоителен (upoitelen) (Bulgarian), опияняващ (opijanjavašt) (Bulgarian), opojný (Czech), omamný (Czech), berauschend (German), опьяняющий (opʹjanjajuščij) (Russian), дурманящий (durmanjaščij) (Russian), opojan (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-heady-en-adj-amsN7C4F Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 11 32 20 7 30 Disambiguation of 'intoxicating or stupefying': 93 1 5 1 0
  2. Tending to upset the mind or senses.
    Sense id: en-heady-en-adj-L7pEL5dN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 7 4 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 11 32 20 7 30
  3. Exhilarating.
    Sense id: en-heady-en-adj-KDLvngmx Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 11 32 20 7 30
  4. Intellectual. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (intellectual): vaikeatajuinen (Finnish), verkopft (German)
    Sense id: en-heady-en-adj-fKFbdzcg Disambiguation of Personality: 0 11 0 55 34 Disambiguation of 'intellectual': 0 2 1 95 2
  5. Rash or impetuous. Translations (rash or impetuous): стремителен (stremitelen) (Bulgarian), неудържим (neudǎržim) (Bulgarian), ungestüm (German), поспешный (pospešnyj) (Russian), plahovit (Serbo-Croatian), stremeći (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-heady-en-adj-p135qyJc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 7 4 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 11 32 20 7 30 Disambiguation of 'rash or impetuous': 0 1 1 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: headily, headiness

Inflected forms

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