topsy-turvyness love

topsy-turvyness

Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state of extreme confusion and disorder

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word topsy-turvyness.

Examples

  • This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

    The Blond Beast 1910

  • This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

    The Blond Beast 1910

  • This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

    Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899

  • "Barring a certain little topsy-turvyness which is something out of the ordinary, I'd call that a charming bit of -- Great guns and little cannon-balls!"

    The Lost City 1898

  • When all outside was confusion and topsy-turvyness she could retire among Margot's cartons, and find herself on solid ground.

    The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

  • But for this topsy-turvyness, this folly, this immorality, we must not blame love, but those who persistently thwarted love -- or tried to thwart it.

    Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

  • "Barring a certain little topsy-turvyness which is something out of the ordinary, I'd call that a charming bit of -- Great guns and little cannon-balls!"

    The Lost City 1878

  • S: (n) chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness (a state of extreme confusion and disorder)

    Addicted To Quack axemen23 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.