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topsy-turvyness

topsy-turvyness is the alternative spelling of topsy-turviness.

Meaning of topsy-turviness

Noun

topsy-turviness (uncountable)

  1. The condition or state of being topsy-turvy; disorderly or muddled.
    • Poor Margaret’s state of mind may have accounted for the tremendous topsy-turviness—to use a familiar expression—of her sentences.1847, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, The Comic History of England, London: Punch, Volume I, Book 4, Chapter 4, page 278

Origin of topsy-turvyness

From topsy-turvy + -ness.

Questions about topsy-turvyness

What is topsy-turvyness the alternative spelling of?
Topsy-turvyness is the alternative spelling of topsy-turviness.

Words near topsy-turvyness in the dictionary

  1. topsy-turviness
  2. topsy-turvy
  3. topsy-turvydom
  4. topsy-turvyed
  5. topsy-turvying
  6. topsy-turvyness
  7. topsy-turvys
  8. topsyturn
  9. topsyturned
  10. topsyturning
  11. topsyturns

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