Vertiginous \Ver*tig"i*nous\, a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a
whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See
Vertigo.]
1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a
vertiginous motion.
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Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. --De Quincey.
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2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
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They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from
the battlements of heaven. --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vertiginous
adj : having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;
"had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a
headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling
woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb
up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
dizzy, giddy, woozy
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