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vortiginous, a.|vɔːˈtɪdʒɪnəs|
[f. L. vortīgin-, vortīgo, var. of vertīgo: see vertiginous a.]
1. Of motion: Vortical, vorticular.
1671R. Bohun Wind 230 The spirit or Wind..whirls about in a Circle: for.. the density and resistence of the Cloud, gives it an oblique or Vortiginous Motion. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772, 75 Great circular hollows, the work of the Vortiginous Motion of the Water. 1784Cowper Task ii. 102 The fixt and rooted earth..with vortiginous and hideous whirl Sucks down its prey insatiable.
2. Moving in a vortex or vortices; rushing in whirls or eddies.
1791Cowper Iliad xxi. 2 Where Xanthus winds His stream vortiginous. 1804C. B. Brown tr. Volney's View Soil U.S. 168 In the same manner may water-spouts be explained, which are vortiginous masses of air and water, seen only in cloudy weather. 1813Edin. Rev. XXI. 137 The great, deep, and vortiginous Scamander had dwindled into a scanty rivulet. |