topsy-turnv.

Forms: Also 1600s topside-turn.

Etymology: < topsy as in topsy-turvy adv., adj., n., and v. + turn v.: compare the form topsy-turvy adv. ¶θ. Sometimes hyphenated; also used analytically, to turn topsy.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtopsy-ˈturn.

Now rare.

transitive. To turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down; figurative to throw into confusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)]

to-wendc893

whelvec1000

to turn down?c1335

to turn up?c1335

whelmc1340

overturna1382

to turn overa1400

wholve14..

inverse?a1425

reverse?a1425

overwhelvec1450

overvolvea1522

transverse1557

evert1566

topsy-turn1573

topsy-turve1603

invert1610

upturn1610

whave1611

topsy-turvy1626

whemmel1684

cant1850

upend1868

flip-flop1924

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset

to-turna1382

everse?a1425

over-terve?a1425

bestourn1484

renverse1521

transverse1557

evert1566

walter1571

topsy-turn1573

topsy-turve1603

topsy-turvy1626

bouleverse1673

whemmel1721

reverse1768

upset1818

to knock galley-west1875

topsy-turvify1886

topsy-turvyize1893

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Dd iv b Than graue Auletes went, and with his hundred beating ores, He topsy turnes vp streames [L. centenaque arbore fluctus Verberat assurgens].

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 26 Hee..by his travaile topsie-turneth then The live and dead, and halfe-dead, horse and men.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 106 Now the furious waues All topsie-turned by th' Æolian slaues, Do mount and roule.

1632 T. Heywood Iron Age v. i, in Wks. (1874) III. 341 This obiect..Which topsiturnes my braine.

1637 T. Heywood Dial. ix. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 214 All things are topside-turn'd.

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 108 Then turning't [sc. a mug] Topsey on her Thumb Sayes look, here's Super-naculum.

Derivatives

ˈtopsy-ˈturning n.

ΚΠ

1870 S. Bowles in G. S. Merriam Life & Times S. Bowles (1885) II. xxxviii. 159 In the presence of such wickedness, of such suffering, of such topsy-turning of right and wrong.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	topsy-turn
释义	topsy-turnv. Forms: Also 1600s topside-turn. Etymology: < topsy as in topsy-turvy adv., adj., n., and v. + turn v.: compare the form topsy-turvy adv. ¶θ. Sometimes hyphenated; also used analytically, to turn topsy.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtopsy-ˈturn. Now rare. transitive. To turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down; figurative to throw into confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 whelvec1000 to turn down?c1335 to turn up?c1335 whelmc1340 overturna1382 to turn overa1400 wholve14.. inverse?a1425 reverse?a1425 overwhelvec1450 overvolvea1522 transverse1557 evert1566 topsy-turn1573 topsy-turve1603 invert1610 upturn1610 whave1611 topsy-turvy1626 whemmel1684 cant1850 upend1868 flip-flop1924 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset to-turna1382 everse?a1425 over-terve?a1425 bestourn1484 renverse1521 transverse1557 evert1566 walter1571 topsy-turn1573 topsy-turve1603 topsy-turvy1626 bouleverse1673 whemmel1721 reverse1768 upset1818 to knock galley-west1875 topsy-turvify1886 topsy-turvyize1893 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Dd iv b Than graue Auletes went, and with his hundred beating ores, He topsy turnes vp streames [L. centenaque arbore fluctus Verberat assurgens]. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 26 Hee..by his travaile topsie-turneth then The live and dead, and halfe-dead, horse and men. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 106 Now the furious waues All topsie-turned by th' Æolian slaues, Do mount and roule. 1632 T. Heywood Iron Age v. i, in Wks. (1874) III. 341 This obiect..Which topsiturnes my braine. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. ix. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 214 All things are topside-turn'd. 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 108 Then turning't [sc. a mug] Topsey on her Thumb Sayes look, here's Super-naculum. Derivatives ˈtopsy-ˈturning n. ΚΠ 1870 S. Bowles in G. S. Merriam Life & Times S. Bowles (1885) II. xxxviii. 159 In the presence of such wickedness, of such suffering, of such topsy-turning of right and wrong. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1573
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