vertiginous
adjective /vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
/vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs/
(formal)- causing a feeling of vertigo because of being very high synonym dizzying
- From the path there was a vertiginous drop to the valley below.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about’, from vertere ‘to turn’.