vortiginousadj.
/vɔːˈtɪdʒɪnəs/ 1. Of motion: Vortical, vorticular.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > like a vortex (of motion)
vortical1653
vortiginous1671
vorticose1783
vorticular1838
vorticial1848
1671 R. Bohun Disc. 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.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 75 Great circular hollows, the work of the Vortiginous Motion of the Water.
1785 W. Cowper 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.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > in a vortex
vortical1728
vortiginous1791
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxi. 2 Where Xanthus winds His stream vortiginous.
1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney View Soil & Climate U.S.A. 168 In the same manner may water-spouts be explained, which are vortiginous masses of air and water, seen only in cloudy weather.
1813 Edinb. Rev. 21 137 The great, deep, and vortiginous Scamander had dwindled into a scanty rivulet.
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