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betossed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈtɒsɪd/
• /bɪˈtɒst/

Etymology

From be- + tossed.

Meanings

1. (poetic) tossed around; turbulent
   • Once done, his soul was so betossed, It found no more the force it lost. 1898, Thomas Hardy, The Two Men:
   • What ſaid my man, when my betoſſed ſoule / Did not attend him as we rode? 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, [Act V, scene iii]:

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