Ver-tĭġ'i-noŭs, a.
a. [Lat. vertiginosus, from vertigo, a whirling around, giddiness, It., Sp., & Pg. vertiginoso, Fr. vertigineux. See VERTIGO.]
Sense 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; as, a vertiginous motion. “Some vertiginous whirl of fortune.” De Quincey.
Sense 2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Bp. Taylor.