01 a. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertiginous motion.
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Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertiginous motion.“Some vertiginous whirl of fortune.” — De Quincey.
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Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.“They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven.” — Jer. Taylor.