vertiginous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
    giddy; dizzy; woozy.
    • 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

WordNet

Ver*tig"i*nous adjective
Etymology
L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertig.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913