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disarray

verb
/dɪsəˈɹeɪ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English disareyen (“to disarray”), from Middle French desarroyer, from Old French desareer, from des- (“dis-”) + areer (“to array”).

  1. derived from desareer
  2. derived from desarroyer
  3. inherited from disareyen

Definitions

  1. To throw into disorder

    To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

    • Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged.

  2. To take off the dress of

    To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

    • So as she bad, that witch they disaraid

  3. A lack of array or regular order

    A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

    • So, in order to apply a good medicine to the hurt parts of the wildish psyche, in order to aright relationship to the archetype of the Wild Woman, one has to name the disarrays of the psyche accurately.
    • Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray.
    • On leaving the train at Piccadilly, everything goes 'Pete Tong'. Services are in complete disarray, as a tree has come down onto the line at Gatley.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Confused attire

      Confused attire; undress; dishabille.

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Derived

disarrayment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disarray. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at disarray. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at disarray

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA