Ver‐tig″i‐nous (?), a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertigo.] 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertiginous motion.
Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. De Quincey.
2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
They grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Jer. Taylor.
— Ver‐tig″i‐nous‐ly, adv. — Ver‐tig″i‐nous‐ness, n.