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vertiginous

[ ver-tij-uh-nuhs ]

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.



vertiginous

/ ɜːˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having vertigo
  2. producing dizziness
  3. whirling
  4. changeable; unstable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپԴdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈپԴdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·پi·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • ·پi·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲv·پi·Դdzܲ adjective
  • un·پi·Դdzܲ· adverb
  • un·پi·Դdzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vertiginous1

1600–10; < Latin īōܲ dizzy, equivalent to ī- (stem of īō ) vertigo + -ōܲ -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vertiginous1

C17: from Latin īōܲ, from vertigo
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“Floor Scrapers,” a personal favorite, assumes an intimate vantage point of looking down toward the workmen’s vigorous labor, which results in a floor that appears vertiginously tilted up.

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There’s the satisfying meat and potatoes of exploration at Castle Ensis, with vertiginous balustrades and winding ramparts that cross over and under themselves in impossible architectural configurations.

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The effect can be vertiginous—so the way people avoid being nauseated is by trying to ignore the dissonance.

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It would be easy to attribute Tems’s vertiginous career trajectory to divine intervention.

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Have the media learned their lessons, and are journalists ready for the vertiginous slog of the 2024 campaign?

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