top|sy-tur|vy

top|sy-tur|vy
top|sy-tur|vy «TOP see TUR vee», adverb, adjective, noun, plural -vies.
–adv. adjective.
1. upside down.
2. Figurative. in confusion or disorder: »

A lively child is a godsend, even if she turns the whole house topsy-turvy (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

–n.
[earlier topsi-tervy, probably ultimately < top1 + obsolete terve overturn, related to Old English tearflian roll over]
top´sy-tur´vi|ly, adverb.
top´sy-tur´vi|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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