See Also: embroilment(dictionary)

upsitting (iou) and embroilment (iou)


upsitting (iou)



upsitting noun. L16.
[from UP- + SITTING noun.]
The occasion of a woman's first sitting up to receive company after giving birth. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
The fact of sitting up again after an illness. M17-M18.
S. Afr. History The custom of opsitting (see OPSIT). M19.

embroilment (iou)



embroilment noun. E17.
[from EMBROIL verb1 + -MENT.]
(An) uproar, (a) tumult. E17.
A state of conflict; a quarrel. M17.
The action or process of embroiling. M17.
A state of complication or confusion; a confused mixture. L17.