vertiginous

Etymology

From French vertigineux.

adj

  1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
  2. (pharmacology) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
  3. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
    GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately. 2023-03-15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times
  4. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

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