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topsyturviness

topsyturviness is the alternative form 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 topsyturviness

From topsyturvy + -ness.

Questions about topsyturviness

What is topsyturviness the alternative form of?
Topsyturviness is the alternative form of topsy-turviness.

Words near topsyturviness in the dictionary

  1. topsyturn
  2. topsyturned
  3. topsyturning
  4. topsyturns
  5. topsyturvily
  6. topsyturviness
  7. topsyturvy
  8. topsyturvydom
  9. topsyturvydoms
  10. topt
  11. topterone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: topsyturviness (page history and authors); topsy-turviness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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