Associations to the word «Vertiginous»
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Wiktionary
VERTIGINOUS, adjective. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
VERTIGINOUS, adjective. Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
VERTIGINOUS, adjective. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
VERTIGINOUS, adjective. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
Dictionary definition
VERTIGINOUS, adjective. Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.