arsy-versy

/ (ˈɑːsɪˈvɜːsɪ) /

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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