vertiginous
English
Etymology
From Middle French vertigineux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)
- Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
- (pharmacology) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
- 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.
- Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
Derived terms
Translations
Having an aspect of great depth
Inducing giddiness or vertigo
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Revolving, rotating
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References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vertiginous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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