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.
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.
