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arsy-varsy

[ ahr-see-vahr-see ]

adjective

  1. wrong end foremost; completely backward:

    an arsy-varsy way of doing things.



adverb

  1. in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion:

    The papers are all filed arsy-varsy.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of arsy-varsy1

1530–40; probably alteration of Latin vice versa ( vice versa ), with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound; for Latin versa > varsy, argal 2

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