topsy/ˈtɒpsi/EtymologyAfter a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), who, asked about God, says "I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me." The sense of excessive out-of-control growth is a misunderstanding.topsy means something or someone who figuratively grows without control or intention. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.topsy is pronounced /ˈtɒpsi/.nounSomething or someone who figuratively grows without control or intention.“They employ a symbolism which grew like Topsy and has little consistency […]”