betossed

betossed

English

Etymology

be- +‎ tossed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈtɒsɪd/, /bɪˈtɒst/

Adjective

betossed (comparative more betossed, superlative most betossed)

1. (poetic) tossed around; turbulent
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:

     What ſaid my man, when my betoſſed ſoule / Did not attend him as we rode?

   • 1898, Thomas Hardy, The Two Men

     Once done, his soul was so betossed,
     It found no more the force it lost.