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ver·tig·i·nous

(vər-tĭj′ə-nəs)

adj.

1. Turning about an axis; revolving or whirling.

2. Affected by vertigo; dizzy.

3. Tending to produce vertigo: "my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown" (Diana Cooper).

4. Inclined to change quickly; unstable.

[From Latin vertīgō, vertīgin-, a whirling, from vertere, to turn; see version.]

ver·tig′i·nous·ly adv.

ver·tig′i·nous·ness n.

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vertiginous

(vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs)

adj

1. (Pathology) of, relating to, or having vertigo

2. producing dizziness

3. whirling

4. changeable; unstable

[C17: from Latin vertīginōsus, from vertigo]

verˈtiginously adv

verˈtiginousness n

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ver•tig•i•nous

(vərˈtɪdʒ ə nəs)

adj.

1. whirling; spinning; rotary.

2. affected with vertigo.

3. liable or threatening to cause vertigo: a vertiginous climb.

4. apt to change quickly; unstable.

[1600–10; < Latin vertīginōsus dizzy =vertīgin-, s. of vertīgō vertigo + -ōsus -ous]

ver•tig′i•nous•ly, adv.

ver•tig′i•nous•ness, n.

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Adj.

vertiginous - 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"

dizzy, giddy, woozy

ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

vertiginous

adjective

1. Having a sensation of whirling or falling:

dizzy, giddy, lightheaded, reeling, woozy.

2. Producing dizziness or vertigo:

dizzy, dizzying, giddy.

Translations

schwindelig

vertiginous

[vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs] ADJ → vertiginoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vertiginous

[vɜː^rˈtɪdʒɪnəs] (literary) adj → vertigineux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vertiginous

adj (liter) cliffs, descent, drop → schwindelerregend; heights also → schwindelnd (geh); sensation → atemberaubend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vertiginous

[vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs] adj (frm) (cliff, descent, view) → che dà le vertigini

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ver·tig·i·nous

a. vertiginoso-a, rel. al vértigo.

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