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vertiˈginousness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The condition or state of being vertiginous; dizziness, giddiness. Also fig.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 12/1 Applye it on his Foreheade and on the Temples of the heade,..as long as the vertiginousnes dureth and continueth. c1628Donne Serm. 658 It was a staggering, a vertiginousnesse, an ignorance. 1653Jer. Taylor Serm. i. xxi. 282 He that commits sacriledge, is marked for a vertiginousnesse and changeable fortune. a1677Barrow Serm. (1810) II. 416 We would all climb into high places, not considering the precipices on which they stand, nor the vertiginousness of our own brains. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Giddiness,..Vertiginousness. 1846Browning Lett. (1899) II. 528, I got up with the old vertiginousness, or a little worse. |