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vertiginous

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English

Etymology

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

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.

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