See Also: vertiginous(medicine)
vertiginous(dictionary)
vertiginous(dictionary)

vertiginous (iou)



vertiginous adjective. E17.
[Latin vertiginosus, formed as VERTIGO: see -OUS.]
Of a person, the head, etc.: affected by or suffering from vertigo or giddiness; dizzy. E17.
b. Of the nature of, pertaining to, or characterized by vertigo. E17.
fig. Unstable or unsettled in opinions etc.; inconstant, changeable; characterized by rapid change. E17.
C. Lambert This..speeding up in technical experiment gives a..vertiginous quality to the Impressionist period.
Liable to cause vertigo or dizziness; inducing giddiness. M17.
Time Trees are..thick on the vertiginous mountain slopes. J. Briggs Going up into the vertiginous mountains.
Of motion: rotatory. M17.
S. Johnson That vertiginous motion, with which we are carried round by the diurnal revolution of the earth.
vertiginate verb intrans. turn round, spin, or rush dizzily M18-M19.
vertiginously adverb M18.
vertiginousness noun L16.