About The Word Vertiginous
Learn about the word Vertiginous to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Vertiginous definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Vertiginous
| Vertiginous Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vertiginous: dizzy | giddy | ill | sick | woozy Related Terms | Find terms related to Vertiginous: See Also | Vertiginous In Webster's Dictionary \Ver*tig"i*nous\, a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a
whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See
{Vertig??}.]
1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as,
vertiginous motion.
Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. --De Quincey.
2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from
the battlements of heaven. --Jer. Taylor.
-- {Ver*tig"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Ver*tig"i*nous*ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Virginia mallow ‐ tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having…
- Sinecure ‐ an office that involves minimal duties [n] a benefice to which…
- Ground bait ‐ bait scattered on the water to…
- Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes ‐ mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;…
- Boolean logic ‐ a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in…
- Repine ‐ express…
- Chinese angelica ‐ similar to American angelica tree but less…
- Outlawry ‐ illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the…
- Flammable ‐ possible to burn
- Genus mastodon ‐ extinct type genus of the Mammutidae:…