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arsy-versy

/ (ˈɑːsɪˈvɜːsɪ) /
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adverb slang
backwards or upside down
in reverse
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Word Origin for arsy-versy

C16: from arse + Latin versus turned, modelled on compounds like hurly-burly

Words nearby arsy-versy

arsonist, arsphenamine, ars poetica, arsy, arsy-varsy, arsy-versy, art, artal, Artaud, Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes II
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How to use arsy-versy in a sentence

  • One may reflect, for example, upon the way the woman's suffrage contro- versy has been conducted.

    The Unexpurgated Case Against Women Suffrage|Almroth E. Wright

  • Prob'ly they're center-fire ca'tridges for rim-fire guns, or vicy-versy.

    The Wilderness Trail|Frank Williams

  • It ain't no longer to be endured, this shilly-shally, visy-versy politicks of yourn.

    Quodlibet|John P. Kennedy
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