betossv.
/bɪˈtɒs/ transitive. To toss about.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > toss about
wevea1375
chulle138.
shagc1380
roam?a1400
toss1511
dindle-dandle?1555
betoss1582
tost1606
rout1829
1582 T. Watson Passionate Cent. of Loue lxxxv, in Poems (1870) 121 With grieusome wars, with toyles, with storms betost.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 256/2 Man doth man within the Law betosse.
1845 E. Robinson Whitehall III. xii. 121 I am betossed on a sea of perplexities.
Derivatives
beˈtossed adj.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > tossing about
forpossed1430
fortossed1571
tossing1575
betossed1597
tossed1606
tossant1616
flouncing1700
toss-about1844
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 76 My betossed soule. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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- aroot
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