dishevelmentn.
/dɪˈʃɛvəlmənt/ The action of dishevelling; dishevelled condition.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] > personal untidiness
sluttinessc1450
sluttishness?c1475
Grobianism1609
dishevelment1837
dishevelledness1889
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. xi. 80 Their Hebe eyes brighter with enthusiasm, and long hair in beautiful dishevelment.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. vii. 236 His tone..has made her hotly conscious of her dishevelment.
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n.1837- sheers
- sheerstrake
- sheerwale
- sheesh
- sheet
- sheet band
- shepherd's crown
- shepherd's delight
- shepherd's dial
- shepherd's dog
- shepherd's fly
- shepherd's glass
- shepherd's gourd
- shepherd's grey
- shepherd's harp
- shepherd's horn
- shepherd's hour
- shepherd's hourglass
- shepherd's hut
- shepherd's joy
- shepherd's knot
- shepherd's lamp
- shepherd's life
- shepherd's mastie
- shepherd's myrtle