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vortiginous definition

vor·tigi·nous (vôr tij′ə nəs)

adjective

  1. whirling: said of motion
  2. moving in or like a vortex

Etymology: L vortiginosus, for vertiginosus < vertigo: see vertigo

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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