Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: vertiginously | by the DICT Development Group |
| 1 result for vertiginously | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
Vertiginous \Ver*tig"i*nous\, a. [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. | |
