† vertigiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= vertiginous adj.
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dizzyc1340
turngiddy1398
turn-sickc1440
lighta1500
light-headeda1500
dozy1530
swimec1540
giddy1570
swimming1607
vertiginous1608
vertiginal1612
vertiginous1621
vertigious1623
hiddy-giddy1629
swimmering1650
wheel-sick1670
giddyish1711
swimmy1836
whizzy1866
dizzied1870
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Vertigious, belonging to giddinesse.
1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. xv. 461 The nauseating juyce..hath intoxicated them, making their Vertigious heads turn after the Laterane Weather-cock.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vertigious, Vertiginous, a giddy, dizzy, turning round, or that hath the disease Vertigo.
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