betossed

English

Etymology

be- +‎ tossed

Adjective

betossed (comparative more betossed, superlative most betossed)

  1. (poetic) tossed around; turbulent
    • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
      , Act V, Scene III:
      What ſaid my man, when my betoſſed ſoule / Did not attend him as we rode?
    • Thomas Hardy
      Once done, his soul was so betossed, / It found no more the force it lost.
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