单词 | arsy-varsy |
释义 | arsy-varsy[ ahr-see-vahr-see ] / ˈɑr siˈvɑr si / adjectivewrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy-varsy way of doing things. adverbin a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion: The papers are all filed arsy-varsy. Also ar·sy·ver·sy [ahr-see-vur-see]. /ˈɑr siˈvɜr si/. Origin of arsy-varsy1530–40; probably alteration of Latin vice versa (see vice versa), with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound; for Latin versa>varsy,cf. argal2 Words nearby arsy-varsyarson, arsonist, arsphenamine, ars poetica, arsy, arsy-varsy, arsy-versy, art, artal, Artaud, Artaxerxes I Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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