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Word Meanings - UPSYTURVY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene.

Related words: (words related to UPSYTURVY)

  • UPSIDE
    The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
  • GREENERY
    Green plants; verdure. A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery. J. Ingelow.
  • ROBERT
    See HERB
  • 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
  • ACHROMATOPSY
    Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.
  • SHAGREEN; SHAGREENED
    Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen. (more info) 1. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. "A shagreen case of lancets." T. Hook.
  • ROBERDSMAN; ROBERTSMAN
    A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
  • UPSYTURVY
    Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene.
  • PHOTOPSY
    See PHOTOPSIA
  • 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.

 

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