VERTIGINOUS

dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)

Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.

(pharmaceutical effect) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.

Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

Source: Wiktionary

Ver*tig"i*nous, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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