From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (l[imac]t"h[e^]d`[e^]d), a.
1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; feeling faint; delirious.
[WordNet sense 1] --Walpole.
Syn: faint, swooning, lightheaded.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose;
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; as, light-headed
teenagers. [WordNet sense 2] "Light-headed, weak men."
--Clarendon.
Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy,
lightheaded, silly.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Light"-head`ed*ness},
n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light-headed
adj 1: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt
faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger";
"felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed
with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn:
{faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {light-headed},
{lightheaded}]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
{dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-
headed}, {lightheaded}, {silly}]
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