vertiginous

English

Etymology

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

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Adjective

vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)

1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
   • 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times‎:

     GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately.

   1. (medicine) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
3. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

Derived terms

• vertiginously
• vertiginousness

Translations

Having an aspect of great depth

Inducing giddiness or vertigo

German: schwindelerregend (de) Portuguese: vertiginoso (pt) m Spanish: vertiginoso (es) Swedish: svindlande (sv)

Pertaining to vertigo

Bulgarian: шеметен (bg) (šemeten) Maori: āmai, aniroro

Revolving, rotating

Bulgarian: въртящ се (vǎrtjašt se)

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Chinese: Mandarin: 暈眩的 / 晕眩的 Finnish: huimaava (fi), pyörryttävä (fi) French: vertigineux (fr) German: schwindelnd (de), schwindelerregend (de), vertiginös Icelandic: svimandi Norwegian: svimlende

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vertiginous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.