upside downadv.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌpsʌɪ(d) ˈdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˌəpˌsaɪ(d) ˈdaʊn/

Forms: α. Middle English up so doun (Middle English upe so doun, uppe so doun, up so don, up so doune; Middle English northern up swa doune), Middle English–1500s up so down (Middle English–1500s up so downe). β. Middle English upsadoun, Middle English opsadoun; Middle English–1500s upsedoun (Middle English upsedone), Middle English–1500s upsedowne. γ. 1500s up set doune; up set downe ( uppe sette downe). δ. 1500s upsyde downe, upside doune ( upside downe), 1500s– upside down. ε. 1500s–1600s vpsidown(e, 1500s upsidowne, 1500s upsy(e)downe, 1500s (1800s) upsydown.

Etymology: Originally up so (northern swa ) doun , frequently reduced to upsa- , upse- , and subsequently altered to upset and upside down , in the endeavour to make the phrase more intelligible. The use of so is peculiar, the only appropriate sense being that of ‘as if’ (so adv. and conj. 17c), and the phrase has no parallel in the cognate languages. It is possible that up to doun, occurring in R. Glouc. 6831 (with up so doun as a later variant) may be the more original form.

A. adv.

1. So that the upper part or surface becomes the under or lower. Frequently in to turn upside down; also in pred. use = inverted, overturned.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase]

upside downc1340

topset downe1569

up and down1591

upside downwards1611

topside down1725

(to fall) face on1856

the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb]

upa1300

nevelinga1387

kew-kaw1399

overc1425

topsy-turvy1530

arsy-versy1545

upside down1569

overhand1579

bottom-up1598

downside up1603

top to bottom1624

inversely1657

invertedly1657

belly-up1749

topsy versy1767

topsy-turvily1886

α.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7230 Þarfor it es ryght and resoune, Þat þai be turned up-swa-doune.

a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 788 The cradel and the child thai found Up so doun upon the ground.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 67 Hise iȝen in his heed weren turned vp so doun.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 275 The lond aboute a roote is to be moued Al vpsodoun.

c1500 Melusine (1895) v. 25 Raymondyn..wold haue smytte hym betwene the foure legges, For he leye vpsodounne the bely vpward.

1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1534) 48 b He also must..turne vp so downe and styr the grounde.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Procello,..to turn vp so downe.

β. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxi. 12 He turnyde vpsadoun [a1425 L.V. vpsedoun] the bordis and [emended in ed. to of] chaungeris.c1400 Brut i. 253 Wherwiþ þe gode man awoke..and turnede his body opsadoun.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/2 Upsedowne,..eversus, subversus.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 356 He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vpsedowne.γ. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xii. f. 18 Transposed or turned vp set downe.1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 55 Lyke this greke lettre, Υ, turned vp set downe.δ. 1489 Liber Pluscardensis (Fairf.) (1877) I. 396 Iustice makis ryche bath realme & ceteys,..Quhair lak of law bryngis all this vp sid doun [v.r. vpsadon].1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vii. 13 Whan it came to the tente, it..ouerthrew it, and turned it vpsyde downe.1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2307/2 The wagon also beyng cast vpsidedowne.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 155 Deepely deluing into the earth, they turne vpside downe the foundations of houses.1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 66 Every Fortnight..turn all the Barrels,..turn them upside down.1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. x. 289 Stick into the Ground a Stake.., put at Top of it a Mug upside down.c1791 Encycl. Brit. (1797) VII. 374/1 Others think, that the waters of the sea..turned the whole surface of the earth upside down.1841 Mrs. Mozley Lost Brooch II. xxi. 154 They will come and search the house, and all our things will be turned upside down.1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xv We..decided that the bottom was the top, and set to work to fix it upside~down.ε. 1569 W. Hubbard Tragicall Hist. Ceyx & Alcione sig. Avij The boisterous windes..our ship on Seas did tosse.., Vntill it was turnd upsidowne.1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xiv. 131 [The sand-glass] topples over upsy-down and runs back again.

2. figurative. In, or into, a state of overthrow, reversal, or disorder. Chiefly with turn.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] > in utter disorder or upset

upside downc1327

α.

c1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 335 Thus is the ordre of kniht turned up-so-doun.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. iii. 156 How fer fro þe soþe and how vp so doun is þis þing þat we seyn.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 282 Al up so doun my joie it casteth.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 151 The wourld is tournyd almoost up so doun.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour vi. 9 Atte the yongest doughtres hous it was turned up-so-doun, and alle unthrifti.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. aa.vii The wounde of a mannes conscyence..stereth vpsodowne the memory.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates B j By reason kynge Richarde,..By synister aduyse, had tourned all vpsodowne.

β. a1400 Minor Poems Vernon MS. lv. 103 For he may turne kuyndes vpsedoun, Þat alle kuyndes made of nouȝt.1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17064 I ha tournd the vp-se-doun..With my trouble and with my wo.1450 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 279 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Who but antichrist coude turne the treuthe upse done?1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 625 To chaunge all things, and tourne the world vpsedowne.γ. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxv A fole..tournynge the lawes vp set downe By vyle rewardes.1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) B iij b Many [things]..have loste their ryghte estimation and are chaunged uppe sette downe.1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 89 They disquiet and turne the earth upset downe.δ. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlv[i]. 9 As for the waye of y^e vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde downe.1579 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies Ep. Ded. f. *4^v H. N. turneth religion vp side downe, and buildeth heauen heere vpon earth.1627 H. Leslie Serm. before His Majesty 23 Our nature..must be turned up-side~downe, cast into a new mould.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶15 These young Machiavils will, in a little time, turn their College upside-down with Plots and Stratagems.1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 33 The walls of this town exemplify to us..the world turned upside down.1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv Mr. Frank..would have..turned her poor little flighty brains upside down for ever.1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxx. 249 Why, your liver, man, is upside down. Did you take that medicine?ε. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Piiij Iosias..turned al vpsydowne, he woulde suffer no Idolatrye to stande.1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 73 Your delicacy would haply have delighted your self in overturning ye proverbe upsyedowne.1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 19 By remaining full of French soldiers all things were turned vpsidowne [1601 vpside downe].1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. xvi. 254 It's a story without an end, it's a story told upsy-down.

†B. n.

An overturning. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]

leapc1000

lope14..

revolution?a1439

reverse?1492

metamorphosis1548

transformation1581

earthquake1592

upside down1593

metamorphose1608

sea-changea1616

peritropea1656

transilience1657

transiliency1661

saltus1665

catastrophe1696

peristrophe1716

transiliency1769

upheaving1821

upset1822

saltation1844

shake1847

upheaval1850

cataclysm1861

shake-out1939

virage1989

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 84 Afewe resolute Aphorismes; that..roundly determine all with an Vpsy-downe. No reformation without an Vpsy-downe.

C. adj.

Turned upside down; inverted.Written with hyphen (upside-down) or as one word.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective]

enversed?1440

inverse?1440

turned1513

overturned1561

inversed1592

inverted1598

topsy-turvy1618

downside up1683

headlong1713

upturned1816

Antipodean1853

upside down1866

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > in utter disorder

topsy-turvy1618

chaotic1688

chaotical1826

tipsy-topsy1826

upside down1866

topsy-turvical1882

1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 84 Twisted runes, upside~down runes, and such like.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 206 The same upsydown, topsy-turvy, one-sided..perverseness.

1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 238 She was..an industrious little girl, and, as far as I could judge by her upside-down reflection, neat in her dress.

Derivatives

ˈupside-ˌdownism n.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder

topsy-turvy1655

topsy-turvyhood1791

topsy-turviness1842

upside-downism1861

topsy-turvydom1870

topsy-turvyism1880

topsy-turviment1884

1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) vii. 106 The Demons of Misrule and Upside-downism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	upside down
释义	upside downadv.n.adj. Brit. /ˌʌpsʌɪ(d) ˈdaʊn/, U.S. /ˌəpˌsaɪ(d) ˈdaʊn/ Forms: α. Middle English up so doun (Middle English upe so doun, uppe so doun, up so don, up so doune; Middle English northern up swa doune), Middle English–1500s up so down (Middle English–1500s up so downe). β. Middle English upsadoun, Middle English opsadoun; Middle English–1500s upsedoun (Middle English upsedone), Middle English–1500s upsedowne. γ. 1500s up set doune; up set downe ( uppe sette downe). δ. 1500s upsyde downe, upside doune ( upside downe), 1500s– upside down. ε. 1500s–1600s vpsidown(e, 1500s upsidowne, 1500s upsy(e)downe, 1500s (1800s) upsydown. Etymology: Originally up so (northern swa ) doun , frequently reduced to upsa- , upse- , and subsequently altered to upset and upside down , in the endeavour to make the phrase more intelligible. The use of so is peculiar, the only appropriate sense being that of ‘as if’ (so adv. and conj. 17c), and the phrase has no parallel in the cognate languages. It is possible that up to doun, occurring in R. Glouc. 6831 (with up so doun as a later variant) may be the more original form. A. adv. 1. So that the upper part or surface becomes the under or lower. Frequently in to turn upside down; also in pred. use = inverted, overturned. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] upside downc1340 topset downe1569 up and down1591 upside downwards1611 topside down1725 (to fall) face on1856 the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] upa1300 nevelinga1387 kew-kaw1399 overc1425 topsy-turvy1530 arsy-versy1545 upside down1569 overhand1579 bottom-up1598 downside up1603 top to bottom1624 inversely1657 invertedly1657 belly-up1749 topsy versy1767 topsy-turvily1886 α. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7230 Þarfor it es ryght and resoune, Þat þai be turned up-swa-doune. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 788 The cradel and the child thai found Up so doun upon the ground. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 67 Hise iȝen in his heed weren turned vp so doun. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 275 The lond aboute a roote is to be moued Al vpsodoun. c1500 Melusine (1895) v. 25 Raymondyn..wold haue smytte hym betwene the foure legges, For he leye vpsodounne the bely vpward. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1534) 48 b He also must..turne vp so downe and styr the grounde. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Procello,..to turn vp so downe. β. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxi. 12 He turnyde vpsadoun [a1425 L.V. vpsedoun] the bordis and [emended in ed. to of] chaungeris.c1400 Brut i. 253 Wherwiþ þe gode man awoke..and turnede his body opsadoun.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/2 Upsedowne,..eversus, subversus.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 356 He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vpsedowne.γ. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xii. f. 18 Transposed or turned vp set downe.1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 55 Lyke this greke lettre, Υ, turned vp set downe.δ. 1489 Liber Pluscardensis (Fairf.) (1877) I. 396 Iustice makis ryche bath realme & ceteys,..Quhair lak of law bryngis all this vp sid doun [v.r. vpsadon].1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vii. 13 Whan it came to the tente, it..ouerthrew it, and turned it vpsyde downe.1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2307/2 The wagon also beyng cast vpsidedowne.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 155 Deepely deluing into the earth, they turne vpside downe the foundations of houses.1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 66 Every Fortnight..turn all the Barrels,..turn them upside down.1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. x. 289 Stick into the Ground a Stake.., put at Top of it a Mug upside down.c1791 Encycl. Brit. (1797) VII. 374/1 Others think, that the waters of the sea..turned the whole surface of the earth upside down.1841 Mrs. Mozley Lost Brooch II. xxi. 154 They will come and search the house, and all our things will be turned upside down.1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xv We..decided that the bottom was the top, and set to work to fix it upside~down.ε. 1569 W. Hubbard Tragicall Hist. Ceyx & Alcione sig. Avij The boisterous windes..our ship on Seas did tosse.., Vntill it was turnd upsidowne.1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xiv. 131 [The sand-glass] topples over upsy-down and runs back again. 2. figurative. In, or into, a state of overthrow, reversal, or disorder. Chiefly with turn. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] > in utter disorder or upset upside downc1327 α. c1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 335 Thus is the ordre of kniht turned up-so-doun. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. iii. 156 How fer fro þe soþe and how vp so doun is þis þing þat we seyn. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 282 Al up so doun my joie it casteth. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 151 The wourld is tournyd almoost up so doun. a1450 Knt. de la Tour vi. 9 Atte the yongest doughtres hous it was turned up-so-doun, and alle unthrifti. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. aa.vii The wounde of a mannes conscyence..stereth vpsodowne the memory. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates B j By reason kynge Richarde,..By synister aduyse, had tourned all vpsodowne. β. a1400 Minor Poems Vernon MS. lv. 103 For he may turne kuyndes vpsedoun, Þat alle kuyndes made of nouȝt.1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17064 I ha tournd the vp-se-doun..With my trouble and with my wo.1450 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 279 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Who but antichrist coude turne the treuthe upse done?1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 625 To chaunge all things, and tourne the world vpsedowne.γ. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxv A fole..tournynge the lawes vp set downe By vyle rewardes.1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) B iij b Many [things]..have loste their ryghte estimation and are chaunged uppe sette downe.1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 89 They disquiet and turne the earth upset downe.δ. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlv[i]. 9 As for the waye of y^e vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde downe.1579 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies Ep. Ded. f. 4^v H. N. turneth religion vp side downe, and buildeth heauen heere vpon earth.1627 H. Leslie Serm. before His Majesty* 23 Our nature..must be turned up-side~downe, cast into a new mould.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶15 These young Machiavils will, in a little time, turn their College upside-down with Plots and Stratagems.1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 33 The walls of this town exemplify to us..the world turned upside down.1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv Mr. Frank..would have..turned her poor little flighty brains upside down for ever.1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxx. 249 Why, your liver, man, is upside down. Did you take that medicine?ε. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Piiij Iosias..turned al vpsydowne, he woulde suffer no Idolatrye to stande.1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 73 Your delicacy would haply have delighted your self in overturning ye proverbe upsyedowne.1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 19 By remaining full of French soldiers all things were turned vpsidowne [1601 vpside downe].1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. xvi. 254 It's a story without an end, it's a story told upsy-down. †B. n. An overturning. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 84 Afewe resolute Aphorismes; that..roundly determine all with an Vpsy-downe. No reformation without an Vpsy-downe. C. adj. Turned upside down; inverted.Written with hyphen (upside-down) or as one word. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] enversed?1440 inverse?1440 turned1513 overturned1561 inversed1592 inverted1598 topsy-turvy1618 downside up1683 headlong1713 upturned1816 Antipodean1853 upside down1866 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > in utter disorder topsy-turvy1618 chaotic1688 chaotical1826 tipsy-topsy1826 upside down1866 topsy-turvical1882 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 84 Twisted runes, upside~down runes, and such like. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxviii. 206 The same upsydown, topsy-turvy, one-sided..perverseness. 1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 238 She was..an industrious little girl, and, as far as I could judge by her upside-down reflection, neat in her dress. Derivatives ˈupside-ˌdownism n. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder topsy-turvy1655 topsy-turvyhood1791 topsy-turviness1842 upside-downism1861 topsy-turvydom1870 topsy-turvyism1880 topsy-turviment1884 1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) vii. 106 The Demons of Misrule and Upside-downism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.adj.c1327
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