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discompose

verb

Etymology

From dis- + compose.

  1. derived from componere
  2. derived from composer
  3. inherited from composen
  4. prefixed as discompose — “dis + compose”

Definitions

  1. To destroy the composure of

    To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.

    • I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning.
    • You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say?
    • That thought appeared to discompose her greatly, though Jasper made light of it by rapidly back-scratching with his hind legs and giving a short stern bark, just to assure her that strangers would be rushed off the property on sight.

  2. To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.

    • If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discompose. 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.

01discompose02composure03calmness04tranquillity05serenity06agitation07agitated08bothered09discomposed

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

9 hops · closes at discompose

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