Word of the Day: Vertigo

Vertigo
-noun

Pronounciation:
Ver-tuh-go

Definition:
. Pathology .
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.

Etymology:
1520s, from L. vertigo "dizziness," originally "a whirling or spinning movement," from vertere "to turn"

Quote with the word:
"And one of his partners asked 'Has he vertigo?' and the other glanced out and down and said 'Oh no, only about ten feet more.'"
-Ogden Nash (1902�1971), U.S. poet.

Haha, awesome quote.

Thanks for taking my request by the by.

No prob there, darlin'!

I once got vertigo looking at a womans face, go figure.

This word has always sounded like it should be composed of two seperate latin words.

"vert" = to be shitting yourself
and
"igo" = up there

: )