Heady

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:05:19

Head"y, a. [From Head.]

1.

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple.

2.

Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

The liquor is too heady. Dryden.

3.

Violent; impetuous.

"A heady currance."

Shak.

 

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