dishevelled
adj/dɪˈʃɛvəld/
Etymology
From earlier dishevely, from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé), from des- (“dis-”), + chevel (“hair”) (modern French cheveu). See there for more details.
- derived from deschevelé
Definitions
Of a person, with the hair uncombed.
Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
- The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack utside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
- “Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.”
- This is a crazy, dishevelled, often hilarious film, in which lightning flashes of wit and insight crackle periodically across a plane of tedium. I sometimes felt I was watching the 100-hour version.
simple past and past participle of dishevel
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dishevelled. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA