Pronounced: AM-bit, noun
Notes: Interesting word
Yesterday’s word
The word vertiginous means
- characterized by, suffering from, or causing vertigo or dizziness
- inclined to frequent change
First usage
Our word came into English around 1600
Background / Comments
At first, the definitions look quite different, but if you think about frequent and rapid changes occurring about an individual, it could be dizzying. Our word comes from the Latin adjective vertiginosus, of which the noun form, vertigo (a turning or whirling action), which comes from vertere (to turn). You probably know the word vertigo, which came into English in the 1400s.
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