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Definition: Vertiginous |
VertiginousAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vertiginous" was first used: 1608. (references) |
Synonyms: VertiginousSynonyms: dizzy (adj), giddy (adj), woozy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insanity | Corybantic, dithyrambic; rabid, giddy, vertiginous, wild; haggard, mazed; flighty; distracted, distraught; depressed; agitated, hyped up; bewildered; (uncertain). |
Rotation | Adjective: rotating;Verb: rotary, rotary; circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vertiginous |
| English words defined with "vertiginous": dizzy ♦ giddy ♦ woozy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vertiginous": Vortiginous. (references) |
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| "Vertiginous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vertiginous" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "vertiginous": vertiginous current. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "vertiginous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrotullues (gyratory, revolving, rotary, rotational, rotative, rotatory, swivel, turning), marramendës (dizzy, giddy, heady, tearing), kalamendës, i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, various, varying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مصاب بالدوار (dazed, giddy), دائخ (dizzy, giddy, light-headed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | страдащ от виене на свят, шеметен (dizzy, giddy, heady), въртящ се (live, revolving, rotary, rotatable, rotatory), виещ се (running, scandent), зашеметен (besotted, dizzy, muzzy, silly), замаен, причиняващ замайване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závratný (exorbitant, giddy, incalculable, staggering), závrativý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vertigineux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwindelerregend (astronomic, astronomical, dizzy, giddily, giddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στροβιλίζων, ιλιγγιώδησ (breakneck, dizzy, staggering), ιλίγγιων, ζαλισμένοσ (dazed, dizzy, giddy, muzzy, tipsy, woozy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסחרר (dizzy, dizzying, giddy, heady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kavargó (seething, surging, tumultuous, whirling), örvénylõ (vorticose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | che soffre di vertigini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thollaneagh (dizzy, giddy, heady, sporadic), kione-eddrym (light-headed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ertiginousvay vertiginoso (dizzy, giddy, spellbound, vortical, vorticose), estonteante, com vertigens. (various references) vertiginos (dizzy, giddying, splitting), ameţitor (astounding, deafening, dizzily, dizzy, giddy, intoxicating, potent, sensuous, staggering, stunning). (various references) головокружительный (breakneck, dizzy, giddy, splitting). (various references) vrtoglav (dizzying, giddy), obrtni (rotating, rotational, rotative, rotatory, swivel), koji se obrće (revolving), koji izaziva vrtoglavicu. (various references) vertiginoso (breakneck, dizzy). (various references) yr (delirous, dizzy, giddy, light, light-headed), svindlande (dizzy), ombytlig (changeable, fickle, inconsistent, inconstant, variable, volatile), oberäknelig (erratic, flighty, haywire, incalculable, irrational, unsteady). (various references) sersemletici (bewildering, shocking, staggering, stupefacient), başı dönen (dizzy, giddy), baş döndürücü (dizzy, giddy). (various references) що крутиться, запаморочливий (dizzy, slapping). (various references) xoay tròn l m cho chóng mặt, quay tròn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vertiginosus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vertiginous": vertiginously. (additional references) | |
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"Vertiginous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: serpiginous, verdiginous, vertiginious, vertigonous, vetiginous, virtiginous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vertiginous" (pronounced 'Ver*tig"i*nous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Absonous, Acrogenous, Acuminous, Adenous, Adipogenous, AEruginous, Agynous, Alburnous, Altisonous, Aluminous, Ambaginous, Ambigenous, Amnigenous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Anachronous, Anisostemonous, Annotinous, Anodynous, Antherogenous, Asparaginous, asynchronous, Athermanous, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Bituminous, Blennogenous, Bombycinous, Calcigenous, Caliginous, Caprigenous, Cartilaginous, Cerasinous, Ceruminous, Chitinous, Chondrigenous, Chromatogenous, Collagenous, Concinnous, Consonous, Conterminous, Coralligenous, Coterminous, Covenous, Criminous, Cymophanous, Cytogenous, Diaphanous, Diathermanous, Diclinous, Digenous, Digonous, Diplostemonous, Dipyrenous, Discriminous, Electrotonous, Endecagynous, Endogenous, Enginous, Enneagynous, Entogenous, Epigynous, Epileptogenous, Eruginous, Euphonous, Exalbuminous, Exogenous, Exsanguinous, Extogenous, Farraginous, Fascinous, Favaginous, Felonous, Ferruginous, Fibrinogenous, fibrinous, Fluctisonous, Fluminous, Foraminous, Fortitudinous, Fuliginous, gangrenous, Gelatigenous, gelatinous, Geminous, -genous, Glutinous, Grandinous, Haematogenous, Halogenous, Haplostemonous, heinous, heterogenous, Heterogonous, Heterogynous, homogenous, Homogonous, Homotonous, Horrisonous, Hydrogenous, Hydrophanous, Hygrophanous, Hypogynous, Idiocyclophanous, Idiophanous, Ignigenous, Illuminous, Impennous, Impetiginous, Incanous, Inconcinnous, indigenous, Intermembranous, intravenous, isochronous, Isopogonous, Isostemonous, Kaligenous, Keratogenous, larcenous, Latitudinous, leguminous, lentiginous, libidinous, lithogenous, lomatinous, Longimanous, Lumbaginous, luminous, Manganous, Marigenous, Megalophonous, Melligenous, Melostemonous, membranous, microphonous, misogynous, Moliminous, Molybdenous, monoclinous, Monogenous, monogynous, Monophanous, Monopyrenous, monotonous, Montigenous, Mucigenous, Mucilaginous, Multisonous, Multitudinous, Mutinous, Nasicornous, Nitrogenous, Nonbituminous, Nonnitrognous, Nonoxygenous, Nubigenous, Obdiplostemonous, Octagynous, Oleaginous, Ominous, Omnigenous, Operculigenous, Oxygenous, ozonous, Paludinous, Pedimanous, Pentagonous, Peptogenous, Perigynous, Phagedenous, Phlogogenous, Pinguidinous, Platinous, Platitudinous, Plumbaginous, Polygenous, Polygonous, Polyphonous, Prasinous, Proteinous, Proterogynous, Protogynous, Pruinous, Pruriginous, Purpurogenous, Putredinous, Pyrogenous, Pyrolignous, Pyrophanous, Quadricornous, Quadrumanous, Rapinous, Reciprocornous, Rubedinous, Rurigenous, salsuginous, Sanguigenous, Saphenous, Scaturiginous, Sclerogenous, Scrutinous, Self-luminous, Semidiaphanous, Sensigenous, Serotinous, Serpentigenous, Serpentinous, Serpiginous, Skeletogenous, Spermatogenous, Sphagnous, Spiculigenous, spinous, Stannous, Sterquilinous, Subcartilaginous, Subgelatinous, Subspinous, Succinous, Suffraginous, Superspinous, synchronous, Tauricornous, Tautochronous, tendinous, Tentiginous, Tergeminous, Terrigenous, Thermogenous, Torminous, Torpedinous, Trichinous, Trigeminous, Trigonous, tyrannous, Undigenous, Unguinous, Unicornous, Unigenous, Uniphonous, Unisonous, Uranous, Vaginopennous, Valetudinous, Velutinous, Vicissitudinous, Vinous, Vitelligenous, Voluminous, Voraginous, Vortiginous, Xanthomelanous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-n-o-r-s-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: outserving. | |
-2 letters: intrigues, intrusive, overusing, sortieing, vesturing. | |
-3 letters: genitors, grievous, igniters, ignitors, intrigue, investor, inviters, neuritis, outgiven, outgives, outgrins, outrings, resiting, revising, revision, revoting, riveting, rousting, routines, seignior, snoutier, souvenir, stingier, striving, sturgeon, tourings, venturis, vertigos, virtuose, virtuosi, visoring, vitreous, vitrines. | |
-4 letters: envious, eringos, eviting, genitor, goiters, goitres, goriest, goutier, governs, grivets, gunites, gurnets, gustier, gutsier, igneous, igniter, ignites, ignitor, ignores, inosite, inverts, inviter, invites, ironies, ironist, isogriv, ivories, nervous, nitrous, niveous, noisier, norites, nutsier, oestrin, orients, origins, ousting, outgive, outgrin, outings, outring, outsing, outvies, overing, regions, reiving, renvois, resting, reusing, revisit, revuist, rioting, rousing, routine, routing, rovings, rusting, serving, sieving, signior, signore, signori, sorting, souring, stinger, stonier, storing, stourie, striven, stuiver, suiting, surgeon, tenours, tiering, tongers, tongues, tonsure, touring, tousing, trigons, triunes, trueing, uniters, unities, unitive, urinose, uveitis, venturi, versing, version, vertigo, vesting, vetoing, vigours, viniest, virgins, virions, virtues, viseing, visiter, visitor, vitrine, voguers. | |
-5 letters: egoist, engirt, envois, ergots, eringo, erugos, estrin, genius, genros, girons, givens, givers, goiter, goitre, goners, govern, griots, grison, grivet, groins, grouse, grouts, groves, grunts, guiros, gunite, gurnet, ignite, ignore, inerts, ingest, ingots, insert, insure, inters, intros, inures, invert, invest, invite, ionise, irones, nestor, niters, nitres, nitros, norite, nosier, noters, ogives, orgies, orient, origin, ouster, outers, outing, outsin, outvie, ovines, region, regius, reigns, renigs, renvoi, resign, rising, rivets, riving, rogues, rosing, rouens, rouges, routes, roving, rugose, rusine, rutins, senior, seniti, sering, signer, signet, signor, singer, sinter, siring, siting, soigne, soring, sortie, souter, soviet, stingo, stiver, stogie, stoner, stoure, stover, string, strive, strong, strove, strung, suiter, suitor, tenors, tenour, tensor, tenuis, tieing, tigers, tigons, tinges, tinier, tiring, toeing, togues, toners, tonger, tongue, tonier, tories, triens, trigon, trigos, trines, triose, triune, trones, troves, truing, tuners, turves, ungirt, uniter, unites, unrest, unrigs, unrove, unties, urgent, urines, ursine, venous, verist, vertus, vigors, vigour, vinier, vinous, vireos, virgin, virion, virtue, virtus, vising, vision, voguer, vogues, voters, voting. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-n-o-r-s-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: vertiginously. | |
+4 letters: overdiscounting, overingenuities, overstimulating, revolutionising. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 74 69 67 69 6E 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. - .. --. .. -. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r t i g i n o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0074 0069 0067 0069 006E 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671848675737580818785 |
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