单词 | dishevel |
释义 | † disheveladj. 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. 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. 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). < adj.c1381v.1598 |
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