KJV Dictionary Definition: headiness

headiness

HEADINESS, n. hed'iness. See Heady. Rashness; precipitation; a disposition to rush forward without due deliberation or prudence.

1. Stubbornness; obstinacy.

heady

HEADY, a. hed'y. See Head. Rash; hasty; precipitate; violent; disposed to rush forward in an enterprise without thought or deliberation; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

All the talent required,is to be heady, to be violent on one side or the other.

1. Apt to affect the head; inflaming; intoxicating; strong; as spirituous liquors.

Champagne is a heady wine.

2. Violent; ;impetuous; as a heady current. Not usual.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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