a. [ L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertigo. ]
Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
They [ the angels ] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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