atw: Word of the day: Vertiginous.
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:42:26 +1100 (EST)
<http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/vertiginous?view=uk>
Found (in its adverbal form as vertiginously) but used in
a manner quite opposite to its meaning, in an ABC News Web
site article @:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1299651.htm>
That aside, there must be an application for this word and
its variants (the Collins also lists the noun
vertiginousness) in all technical manuals, don't you think?
Especially where high resolution becomes just too high
for comfort.
Cheers,
Michael
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E&OE.
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