English-Thai Dictionary

vertiginous

ADJ วิงเวียน  มึนงง  giddy dizzy unsteady steady wing-wian

 

vertiginous

ADJ สูงชัน  sheer steep suangchan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERTIGINOUS

a.[L. vertiginousus.] 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; as a vertiginous motion.
2. Giddy; affected with vertigo.

 

VERTIGINOUSNESS

n.Giddiness; a whirling, or sense of whirling; unsteadiness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VERTIGINOUS

Ver *tig "i *nous, a. Etym: [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertig.]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vertiginous

ver tig i nous |vərˈtijənəs vərˈtɪʤənəs | ▶adjective causing vertigo, esp. by being extremely high or steep: vertiginous drops to the valleys below. • relating to or affected by vertigo. DERIVATIVES ver tig i nous ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling around ’ (see vertigo ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

vertiginous

vertiginous |vəːˈtɪdʒɪnəs | ▶adjective extremely high or steep: vertiginous drops to the valleys below. • relating to or affected by vertigo. DERIVATIVES vertiginously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about ’ (see vertigo ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vertiginous

ver tig i nous /vəː r tɪ́dʒɪnəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 (高所にいて )めまいがする ; めまいを起こしそうな [させるほどの ].2 回転する, ぐるぐる回る (whirling ).3 目まぐるしい ; 不安定な, 変わりやすい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞