- whirling: said of motion
- moving in or like a vortex
Origin of vortiginous
Classical Latin vortiginosus, for vertiginosus from vertigo: see vertigovortiginous
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vortiginous
adjective
Vortical.
Origin of vortiginous
Blend of vortex vertiginousTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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