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topsy-turvydom

topsy-turvydom is the alternative form of topsyturvydom.

Meaning of topsyturvydom

Noun

topsyturvydom (countable and uncountable, plural topsyturvydoms)

  1. A state of affairs, or a region in which everything is topsyturvy.
    • But the young wife has not altogether an enviable position, for by one of those queer topsyturvydoms which occur in Japan, the mother-in-law—who, in the West, is so often the object of cheap satire—is a veritable terror in the Far East to the wife.1899, Literary News, volumes 20-21

Forms of topsy-turvydom

pluraltopsy-turvydoms

Questions about topsy-turvydom

What is topsy-turvydom the alternative form of?
Topsy-turvydom is the alternative form of topsyturvydom.

Words near topsy-turvydom in the dictionary

  1. topsy-turvification
  2. topsy-turvify
  3. topsy-turvily
  4. topsy-turviness
  5. topsy-turvy
  6. topsy-turvydom
  7. topsy-turvyed
  8. topsy-turvying
  9. topsy-turvyness
  10. topsy-turvys
  11. topsyturn

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