Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIntoxicating or stupefying. · Tending to upset the mind or senses. · Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence · rapid, substantial, or breakneck in growth.
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
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