单词 | dishevelled |
释义 | dishevelleddisheveledadj. a. = dishevel adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > not styled plainc1330 dishevelled1493 unshed1596 detressed1603 scattered1785 uproarious1836 vagrant1862 unsecured1882 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 123 Her [the Queen's] head must bee dishevilled with a riche sircle on her head. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 646 An olde woman discheueled, and all to-rente hir heir. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxv. 453 She was discheueled, and hadde the feirest heed that eny woman myght haue. 1591 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella ciii She, so disheuld blusht. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 151 Growing distracted with griefe..she went up and downe..all discheveled with her haire about her eares. b. In vaguer sense: With disarranged or disordered dress; untidy. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > negligently dressed dishevelc1381 unreadya1555 dishevelled1612 dishabille1691 browzy1719 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 215 With thy disheueld Nymphs attyr'd in youthfull greene. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 323 The dishevelled Fair hastily following. View more context for this quotation 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xxxiii. 259 Her whole appearance was haggard and dishevelled. 2. Of the hair: Unconfined by head-gear, hanging loose, flung about in disorder; unkempt. 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 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 Downe to the wynd tracing trayld her discheaueled hearlocks. 1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne iii. 22 Our hair dischiveld, not platted, nor crisped. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 452 With flowing sorrow, and dishevell'd hair. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxxviii. 195 Still her dark locks dishevell'd flow From net of pearl o'er breast of snow. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 176 Foul rags and a beard dishevelled he wore. 3. a. transferred. Disordered, ruffled, disorderly, untidy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > put out of order > ruffled or dishevelled ruffled1440 toused1582 betumbled1594 rifled1638 dishevelled1647 tumbleda1657 mousled1691 fuffled1827 rufflesome1868 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 30 When States dishevl'd [printed dishelv'd] are, and Lawes untwist. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 375 The Skies bespangling with dishevel'd Light. 1858 Sat. Rev. 5 388/1 In vehement diction, but dishevelled grammar. 1882 W. Black Shandon Bells xviii The dishevelled mass of music that she never would keep in order. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) 294 Religion is no dishevelled mass of aspiration, prayer, and faith. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Prince Otto ii. ii. 87 A certain lady of a dishevelled reputation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > (of behaviour) unconstrained, free, or easy familiara1393 dishevelleda1639 easy-going1674 easy1680 free-going1696 a1639 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 482 One of the genialest pieces that I have read..of the same unaffected and discheveled kind. Derivatives diˈshevelledness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] > personal untidiness sluttinessc1450 sluttishness?c1475 Grobianism1609 dishevelment1837 dishevelledness1889 1889 ‘T. Gift’ Not for Night-time 165 Smiling to myself at my dishevelledness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1493 |
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