topsy turvy
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topsy turvy
adverb more topsy turvy · most topsy turvy
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy China, and Ganges, and Japan, / Are Words my Papa taught my Pen. He ſays, they're Countries to be found, / In a ſtrange World, below the Ground; / Where Folks with Feet erected treat, / And diſtant, downward hang their Head; / Fearleſs they topſy turvy run, / With naught beneath—but Skies and Sun.
adjective more topsy turvy · most topsy turvy
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy [John] Chrysostom saith, An Oath came in when Evils increased, when men appeared unfaithful, when all things became Topsy Turvy.
noun topsy turvies
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy The best-known examples of children’s nonsense language play, and their ‘topsy turvies’, or inversion of reality, are in Chukovsky, who asserts that such topsy turvies ‘strengthen (not weaken) the child’s awareness of reality’ [...].
verb topsy turvies · topsy turvys · topsy turvying · topsy turvied · topsy turvyed
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy Mr. [George] Eliot's descriptions of scenery are perfect: [...] and so are his descriptions of children. [...] We forbear (though with regret) the introduction to our readers of Totty's bald doll, ignominously ‘topsy turvied’ by her insulting brother.
Talk about this word "topsy turvy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/topsy%20turvy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. topsy turvy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/topsy%20turvy "topsy turvy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/topsy%20turvy.
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@misc{topsy_turvy_2026,
title = {topsy turvy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/topsy%20turvy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
