Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out.
Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall
That dizen Nature's carnival.
Emerson.
Dizz (dz), v. t. [See Dizzy.] To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] Gayton.
Diz"zard (dz"zrd), n. [See Dizzy, and cf. Disard.] A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Diz"zi*ly (dz"z*l), adv. In a dizzy manner or state.
Diz"zi*ness, n. [AS. dysigness folly. See Dizzy.] Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Diz"zy (dz"z), a. [Compar. Dizzier (-z*r); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dws foolish, G. thor fool. √71. Cf. Daze, Doze.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
Alas! his brain was dizzy.
Drayton.