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misarray

noun

Etymology

From mis- + array. Compare Middle English misarraien (“to disorder”).

  1. derived from *raidaz✻
  2. derived from 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃
  3. derived from *raid✻
  4. derived from *arrēdō✻
  5. derived from arraier
  6. inherited from arrayen
  7. prefixed as misarray — “mis + array”

Definitions

  1. disarray

    disarray; disorder; confusion

    • Then uproar wild and misarray/ Marr'd the fair form of festal day.
    • If need be, madam, sweep the room But leave my desk in misarray: So even in my den at Doom If need be, madam, sweep the room And gather me with but a broom.

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