topsyturvydom
topsyturvydom noun: a state of affairs, or a region in which everything is topsyturvy.
Noun
topsyturvydom (countable and uncountable, plural topsyturvydoms)
- 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
- At last she saw a big river, and the man who had tried to keep her from being carried off was drifting down it — such are the topsyturvydoms of faery glamour — in a cockleshell.1902, William Butler Yeats, The Celtic Twilight
Forms of topsyturvydom
| plural | topsyturvydoms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | topsy-turvydom |
Origin of topsyturvydom
From topsyturvy + -dom.
Questions about topsyturvydom
- What does topsyturvydom mean?
- Topsyturvydom means a state of affairs, or a region in which everything is topsyturvy.
- What part of speech is topsyturvydom?
- Topsyturvydom is a noun.
- What is the plural of topsyturvydom?
- The plural of topsyturvydom is topsyturvydoms.
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