单词 | arsy-varsy |
释义 | arsy-varsy in American English (ˈɑːrsiˈvɑːrsi) informal adjective 1. wrong end foremost; completely backward an arsy-varsy way of doing things adverb Also: arsy-versy2. in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion The papers are all filed arsy-varsy Word origin [1530–40; prob. alter. of L vice versa ( see vice versa), with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound; for L versa ˃ varsy, cf. argal3] |
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