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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERTIG'INOUS, a. [L. vertiginousus.]
1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; as a vertiginous motion.
2. Giddy; affected with vertigo.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, vertiginous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin vertiginosus, from vertigin-, vertigo Date: 1608 1. a. characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness b. inclined to frequent and often pointless change ; inconstant 2. causing or tending to cause dizziness <the vertiginous heights> 3. marked by turning ; rotary <the vertiginous motion of the earth> • vertiginously adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or causing vertigo. Derivatives: vertiginously adv. Etymology: L vertiginosus (as VERTIGO)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vertiginous 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A vertiginous cliff or mountain is very high and steep. (LITERARY) ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Whirling, rotary, rotatory. 2. Dizzy, giddy.