dishevelled
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dishevelled (comparative more dishevelled, superlative most dishevelled)
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- (of a person) With the hair uncombed.
- (by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
- Synonym: untidy
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
- 2018 August 31, Peter Bradshaw, “The Other Side of the Wind review – lost Orson Welles epic is hurricane of anger and wit”, in The Guardian[2]:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]uncombed
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untidy in appearance
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Verb
[edit]dishevelled
- simple past and past participle of dishevel
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