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Vertiginous

Vertiginous Meaning & Definition
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

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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.

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