UPSIDE DOWN


Meaning of UPSIDE DOWN in English

— upside-down , adj. — upside-downness , n.

1. with the upper part undermost.

2. in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy: The burglars turned the house upside down.

[ 1300-50; re-formation (see UPSIDE) of ME upsedoun, earlier up so doun (see UP, SO 1 , DOWN 1 ; sense of so obscure) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .