vertiginous
adjective/vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
/vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
(formal)- 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’.Definitions on the go
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