HIDDY ADJ. 1. (also HIDDIE) lofty, towering ...1632 obs. 2. drunk ...1989 US college sl. VERB to hide ...Bk1888 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY (for adj. 1) possibly a variant of heady (adj. of such great height as to make one giddy) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1632 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...We once were Trojans, once this was faire Troy, And Trojans grace: now angrie Iove our joy Gives to the Greeks: Greeks lord it over us, Out citie fir'd, we most calamitous. The hiddie horse standing within our town, Hath armed men disgorg'd: fire up and down Sinon triumphant throws: some strongly stand To keep our gates wide ope:ne're did our land..." From: The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned Laureat-pince of Latine-poets; translated into English deca-syllables, by Iohn Vicars
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