† topsidownadv.

Forms: 1500s topsidowne, 1600s topsidown.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: topside down at topside n. and adv. Phrases 2.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of topside down at topside n. and adv. Phrases 2 (although that is first attested later) after topsy-turvy adv. or upside down adv. (compare ε. forms at upside down adv., n., and adj.).

Obsolete.

In or into an inverted position; in or into a state of disorder; upside down.

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1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i. in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 189^f Thus shall the world turne topsidowne [L. mutetur orbis]: Let Ister turne his streame, and Tanaus flow another way.

1661 R. Poyntz Vindic. of Monarchy xv. 119 To reduce men to their primitive liberty, and abridge Princes of these Regalities, howsoever they were at first gotten, were..to turn the world topsidown.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	topsidown
释义	† topsidownadv. Forms: 1500s topsidowne, 1600s topsidown. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: topside down at topside n. and adv. Phrases 2. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of topside down at topside n. and adv. Phrases 2 (although that is first attested later) after topsy-turvy adv. or upside down adv. (compare ε. forms at upside down adv., n., and adj.). Obsolete. In or into an inverted position; in or into a state of disorder; upside down. ΚΠ 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i. in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 189^f Thus shall the world turne topsidowne [L. mutetur orbis]: Let Ister turne his streame, and Tanaus flow another way. 1661 R. Poyntz Vindic. of Monarchy xv. 119 To reduce men to their primitive liberty, and abridge Princes of these Regalities, howsoever they were at first gotten, were..to turn the world topsidown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < adv.1581
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