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dishevel

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di⋅shev⋅el

  [di-shev-uhl]
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–verb (used with object), -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
1. to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
2. to cause untidiness and disarray in: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from disheveled

Related forms:
di⋅shev⋅el⋅ment, noun
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di·shev·el   (dĭ-shěv'əl)   
tr.v.   di·shev·eled or di·shev·elled, di·shev·el·ing or di·shev·el·ling, di·shev·els

    1. To loosen and let fall (hair or clothing) in disarray.

    2. To disarrange the hair or clothing of.

  2. To throw into disorder.


[Back-formation from disheveled.]
di·shev'el·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

dishevel 
c.1381, from O.Fr. deschevele, pp. of descheveler "to disarrange the hair," from des- "apart" + chevel "hair," from L. capillus "hair."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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