单词 | topsy-turvydom |
释义 | topsy-turvydom (once / 196989 pages) n WORD FAMILY topsy-turvy: topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness USAGE EXAMPLES"The Sorcerer" is a merry story of sentimental topsy-turvydom. Lytton, Henry A., The Secrets of a Savoyard(2012) Press Opinions The Times.—"It is crammed full of life and beauty ... this delicious, fantastical, amorphous, inspired medley of topsy-turvydom." Edwards, Albert, Comrade Yetta(2012) This new-born human conditionality calls for a new morality; this new union of equals a new beauty; this new topsy-turvydom a new system of ethics. Zweig, Stefan, ?mile Verhaeren(2011) n a state of extreme confusion and disorder Syn|Hypo|Hyper bedlam, chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvyness balagan a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) confusion disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably |
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