Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertiginate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-tig-i-nate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Turned around; giddy.

verb

To turn around and around; to whirl.

Example Sentences

"c. 1810-1834?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Sherlock Yes; you'll say, that there should be three Persons, each of which is God, and yet but one God, is a contradiction: but what principle of natural reason does it contradict? Surely never did argument vertiginate more!"

Inflected Forms

more vertiginate (comparative) most vertiginate (superlative) vertiginates (present, singular) vertiginating (participle, present) vertiginated (participle, past) vertiginated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

vertiginous vertigo

Questions

What does vertiginate mean?: Turned around; giddy.

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