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vertiginous
adjective
[ vəːˈtɪdʒɪnəs ]
• extremely high or steep.
• "vertiginous drops to the valleys below"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about’ (see vertigo).
