tapsalteerie

/ ˈtæpsəlˈtiːrɪ /

adjective

1. topsy-turvy

Word History and Origins

Origin of tapsalteerie¹

C17: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

The next wave is guided by my Buddhist son’s gentle exhortation to take almost nothing personally, not the weather, not the traffic, not baseball scores, not elections, almost nothing in this tapsalteerie world of illusion.

From New York Times

Here’s breid an’ wine an’ kebbuck an’ canty cracks at e’en To the folks that mind o’ me when I’m awa’, But them that hae forgot me, O ne’er to be forgi’en— They may a’ gae tapsalteerie in a raw!

From Project Gutenberg

The warly race may riches chase, An' riches still may fly them, O; An' though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. But gi'e me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!

From Project Gutenberg

I. Amang the trees, where humming bees At buds and flowers were hinging, O, Auld Caledon drew out her drone, And to her pipe was singing, O; ’Twas pibroch, sang, strathspey, or reels, She dirl’d them aff fu’ clearly, O, When there cam a yell o’ foreign squeels, That dang her tapsalteerie, O. II.

From Project Gutenberg

But gie me a canny hour at e’en, My arms about my dearie, O; An’ warly cares, an’ warly men, May a’ gae tapsalteerie, O. IV.

From Project Gutenberg