vertiginous









vertiginous


adjective

  1. whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
  2. affected with vertigo; dizzy.
  3. liable or threatening to cause vertigo: a vertiginous climb.
  4. apt to change quickly; unstable: a vertiginous economy.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having vertigo
  2. producing dizziness
  3. whirling
  4. changeable; unstable
adj.

c.1600, “of the nature of vertigo,” from French vertigineux, from Latin vertiginosus “suffering from dizziness,” from vertigo (see vertigo).

adj.

  1. Affected by vertigo; dizzy.
  2. Tending to produce vertigo.
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