vertiginousnessn.
The condition or state of being vertiginous; dizziness, giddiness. Also figurative.
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turn-sick?c1450
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1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 12/1 Applye it on his Foreheade and on the Temples of the heade,..as long as the vertiginousnes dureth and continueth.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 303 It was a staggering, a vertiginousnesse, an ignorance.
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. i. xxi. 282 He that commits sacriledge, is marked for a vertiginousnesse and changeable fortune.
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 332 We would all climb into high Places, not considering the precipices on which they stand, nor the vertiginousness of our own brains.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Giddiness,..Vertiginousness.
1846 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) II. 528 I got up with the old vertiginousness, or a little worse.
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