betossed

English

Etymology

be- +‎ tossed

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, [Act V, scene iii]:

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

   • (Can we date this quote by Thomas Hardy and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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