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单词 dishevel
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disheveladj.

Forms: In Middle English discheuel(e, disshevele, dysshyuell, Middle English dishiuill, (Scottish) dyschowyll.
Etymology: Variant of dishevely adj., < Old French deschevelé , with final é mute in English. Compare assign n.1).
Obsolete.
1. Without coif or head-dress; hence, with the hair unconfined and flung about in disorder. Sometimes apparently in wider sense: Undressed, in dishabille.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > negligently dressed
dishevelc1381
unreadya1555
dishevelled1612
dishabille1691
browzy1719
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > with unstyled hair
dishevelc1381
untressedc1381
dishevelyc1405
sparkleda1547
shevelled1613
c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 235 In kyrtelles al discheuel [v.rr. dysshyuell, discheuele, dissheueld, dissheueled, dischieflee] went þei þer.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Lucrece. 1720 This noble wif sat by hire beddys side Discheuele [v.r. disshevely] for no maleyce she ne thoughte.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1014 Eftir mydnycht in handis thai haiff him tane, Dyschowyll on sleipe.
2. Of hair: = dishevelled adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > tangled
tattered1340
unkempt?a1439
dishevelc1450
tatty1513
tautyc1560
feltered1567
dishevelled1582
elf-locked1647
tatted1716
tauted1786
matty-haired1824
tangle-haired1861
draggle-haired1865
tangle-headed1884
waulked1894
natty1974
c1450 Crt. of Love 139 And all her haire it shone as gold so fine Dishiuill crispe down hanging at her backe A yard in length.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

dishevelv.

/dɪˈʃɛvəl/
Etymology: perhaps < 16th cent. descheveler (Cotgrave), modern décheveler ; but probably chiefly a back-formation < dishevelled adj.
1. transitive. To loosen and throw about in disorder (hair and the like); to let (the hair) down.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > let down or dishevel
unpleat1572
befrounce1581
untress1587
dishevel1598
uncoif1598
displat1627
unplait1865
bluster1876
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Dischiomare, to disheuell, to touze ones haire.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Descheveler, to discheuell; to pull the haire about the eares.
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Diij The Peacock when he's viewd disheuels his faire traine.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. vi. 14 They..dishevell May Round about Tellu's face.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 201 He had been at court in the morning; but though he had changed his clothes, he had omitted to dishevel his hair.
1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 397 She now dishevels..the unsinged beauty of her flowing tresses.
2. intransitive (for reflexive). Of hair: To hang loose or in disorder. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [verb (intransitive)] > tangled
dishevel1638
felt1881
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 230 Their haire curling, dishevells oft times about their shoulders.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 355.

Derivatives

diˈshevelling n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > letting down the hair
dishevellinga1656
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 244 The..wanton fashion of the womans dissheveling her hair.
1786 F. Burney Diary 20 July (1842) III. 24 Just as I was in the midst of my hair dishevelling, I was summoned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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