topsy-turvyness

This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

The Blond Beast 1910

This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

The Blond Beast 1910

This discovery gave the world a strange new topsy-turvyness, and set Millner's theories spinning about his brain like the cabin furniture of a tossing ship.

Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899

"Barring a certain little topsy-turvyness which is something out of the ordinary, I'd call that a charming bit of -- Great guns and little cannon-balls!"

The Lost City 1898

When all outside was confusion and topsy-turvyness she could retire among Margot's cartons, and find herself on solid ground.

The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

But for this topsy-turvyness, this folly, this immorality, we must not blame love, but those who persistently thwarted love -- or tried to thwart it.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

"Barring a certain little topsy-turvyness which is something out of the ordinary, I'd call that a charming bit of -- Great guns and little cannon-balls!"

The Lost City 1878

S: (n) chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness (a state of extreme confusion and disorder)

Addicted To Quack axemen23 2009