Added 9 October 2026
dizziness
noun
In Latin: vertīgō Wiktionary
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- The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
Origin
From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.
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