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  1. 1. a. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion. Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. De Quincey. 2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy. They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Jer. Taylor. -- Ver*tig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ver*tig"i*nous*ness, n. Source: webster
  5. 5. j:100 s having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling Source: ecdict

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