Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up so down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.69 in modern English

Syllables: up- -so -down
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Obsolete form of upside down.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”); equivalent to up + so + down, literally “up as down”.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: up-so-doun

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does up so down mean?: Obsolete form of upside down.
Where does up so down come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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