heady

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdi/
• Rhymes: -ɛdi

heady (comparative headier, superlative headiest)

1. Intoxicating or stupefying.
   • The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
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. Intellectual.
   • Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
5. Rash or impetuous.
   • He made too heady promises, and when it came time, he was never able to fulfill them.

• headily
• headiness

• hayed