giddy-gaudy

adjective · Dialect

It tumbles off the tongue like a child spinning in circles until they simply must fall down.

Characterized by an excessively exuberant, frivolous, or unrestrained state of happiness.

In the wild

“The children were in a giddy-gaudy state of excitement after hearing the circus had come to town.”

Origin

A regional reduplicative term, documented in northern English dialect collections of the 19th century.