unruly
adjEtymology
From Middle English unruly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + rule + -ly (compare Middle English ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”)), but also representing a modified continuation of earlier Middle English unrouly, unroly (“unquiet, restless”), equivalent to un- + roolie. The latter is perhaps from or influenced by Old Norse *úróligr, related to Danish urolig (“restless”), Swedish orolig (“restless”), Icelandic órólegur (“agitated”). Compare also Middle English unroo, unro (“unrest”). More at roo.
Definitions
Wild
Wild; uncontrolled.
- The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
- Unruly boys who will not grow up / Must be taken in hand / Unruly girls who will not settle down / They must be taken in hand
- Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel? Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at unruly. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at unruly. 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 unruly
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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