Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertiginous

/vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: ver-tig-i-nous
IPA: /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.

adj

Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

adj

Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

adj

Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

Example Sentences

"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."
"What began as a drop in support for Israel among younger Democrats has become a vertiginous, across-the-board collapse."

Etymology

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: vertigineux, vertīginōsus

Inflected Forms

more vertiginous (comparative) most vertiginous (superlative)

Derived Forms

antivertiginous nonvertiginous vertiginously vertiginousness

Synonyms

dizzy giddy woozy

Questions

How do you pronounce vertiginous?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.
What does vertiginous mean?: Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
Where does vertiginous come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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