Word Meanings - HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In confusion; topsy-turvy. Johnson.
Related words: (words related to HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY)
- JOHNSONIANISM
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. - JOHNSONESE
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett. - TOPSY-TURVY
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy. (more info) probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means, overturned, fr. AS. torfian to - JOHNSON GRASS
A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. - JOHNSONIAN
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated. - CONFUSION
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc - ACHROMATOPSY
Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism. - UPSYTURVY
Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene. - PHOTOPSY
See PHOTOPSIA - INCONFUSION
Freedom from confusion; distinctness. Bacon. - AUTOPSY
Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination. (more info) 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment.