dishevelment
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əl verb (used with object), di·shev·eled, di·shev·el·ing or (especially British) di·shev·elled, di·shev·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.
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dishevel (dɪˈʃɛvəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , (US) -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling, -eled | |
| to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone) | |
| [C15: back formation from | |
| di'shevelment | |
| —n | |
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Dishevelment
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| dishevel (dɪˈʃɛvəl) | |
| —vb , (US) -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling, -eled | |
| to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone) | |
| [C15: back formation from | |
| di'shevelment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dishevel
late 14c., from O.Fr. deschevele, pp. of descheveler "to disarrange the hair," from des- "apart" + chevel "hair," from L. capillus "hair."
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Example sentences
Repeated episodes of gross impairment or dishevelment.
He still wore the clothes in which he had slept, but in his intellectual dishevelment he had little concern for his appearance.
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