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Definition of vertiginous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vertiginous

adjective
 
/vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
 
/vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
(formal)
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  1. causing a feeling of vertigo because of being very high synonym dizzying
    • From the path there was a vertiginous drop to the valley below.
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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