Definition of "vertiginous" []

• Turning about an axis; revolving or whirling. (adjective)
• Affected by vertigo; dizzy. See Synonyms at giddy. (adjective)
• Tending to produce vertigo: "my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown” ( Diana Cooper). (adjective)
• Inclined to change quickly; unstable. (adjective)

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• "He wrote surreal portraits of middle-class life reminiscent of Ionesco, though he has said his real influences were English specialists in vertiginous silliness like Lewis Carroll and P.G. Wodehouse."
• "The title refers to the vertiginous falls in Bach's chorale prelude Durch Adams Fall, which inspired the piece."
• "We too visited Cassis and took the "vertiginous" road over Cap Canille to La Ciotat."