Obs. [app. of OF. origin, f. virer to turn.] An unsettled state or condition.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Miller’s T., 584 (Ellesm.). What eyleth yow? som gay gerl, god it woot, Hath broght yow thus vp on the viritoot. [For variants see MERITOT.]
[1822. Scott, Nigel, xviii. Here you come on the viretot, through the whole streets of London, to talk some nonsense to a lady.]
