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Webster 1913 Edition

Vertiginous

Ver-tig′i-nous

,
Adj.
[L.
vertiginosus
, fr.
vertigo
a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F.
vertigineux
. See
Vertigo
.]
1.
Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving;
as, a
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vertiginous

VERTIG'INOUS

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

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