Category:Vertiginous

Ver*tig"i*nous, a. Etym: [l. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling Around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See vertig.]

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.