Associations to the word «Vertiginous»

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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke