Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. Synonyms:dizzy, giddy, woozy."A dizzy pinnacle" , "Had a headache and felt giddy" , "A giddy precipice" , "Feeling woozy from the blow on his head" , "A vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
... proper time and place. It is pleasant to see them brandish great masses of shadow. And what a power they have over the colour of the world! How they ruffle the solid woodlands in their passage, and make them shudder and whiten like a single willow! There is nothing more vertiginous than a wind like this among the woods, with all its sights and noises; and the effect gets between some painters and their sober eyesight, so that, even when the rest of their picture is calm, the foliage is coloured like foliage in ... — The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
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