vertiginous
adj/vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/
Etymology From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.
1
Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
2
Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
- GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately.2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:
- What began as a drop in support for Israel among younger Democrats has become a vertiginous, across-the-board collapse.2026 May 21, Simon Montlake, “Among Democrats, support for Israel is crumbling – with major implications”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC:
3
Medicine, Sciences Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
4
Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
- Derived terms
- vertiginously, vertiginousness