disarrayn.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/

Forms: late Middle English disaroye, late Middle English dysaray, late Middle English–1500s disaraye, late Middle English–1600s disaray, 1500s disarey, 1500s– disarray.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French disaray, desarroi.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disaray, dissairay, Middle French desarroi, desarroy, desaroy (French désarroi ) disorder, trouble, confusion (early 13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation in soi mettre as desarez ‘to take flight’, subsequently from the late 14th cent.; frequently in en désarroi ) < Anglo-Norman dis- , Anglo-Norman and Middle French des- + Anglo-Norman arai , arrai , Anglo-Norman and Middle French array , Middle French arroi , arroy (French arroi ) array n. Compare earlier deray n., disray n., and also earlier array n., disarray v.In sense 2 after array n. 11.

1. The state or condition of being out of normal order; disorder, confusion. Also: an instance of this. Frequently in in (also into) disarray. Cf. deray n. 1a, 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun]

derayc1300

disray13..

disordinancec1374

unordaininga1382

perturbationa1398

disarrayc1410

misordera1513

disorder1530

confusionc1540

mistemper1549

indisposition1598

ataxy1615

disordination1626

indigestion1630

tumble1634

discomposure1641

incomposure1644

dyscrasy1647

dislocation1659

disarrayment1661

disjuncture1683

rack and manger1687

rantum-scantum1695

derangement1737

disarrangement1790

misarray1810

havoc1812

unhingement1817

mingle-mangleness1827

bedevilment1843

higgledy-piggledyness1854

ramshackledom1897

inchoateness1976

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > state of being disarranged

disray13..

disarrayc1410

disordering1523

disorder1530

discomposture1622

discomposure1641

disarrangement1790

misarray1810

c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) §927 Þer as þe womman haþ þe maistry sche makith to moche disaray [c1405 Ellesmere desray, c1425 Petworth disaraye, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 disray].

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 41 They tourned their back & put hem to flyght and disaroye.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 354 I wolde not for noo good that rowlande & olivere..sholde fynde vs in dysaray.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disarey, out of order, desaroy.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxviii. 2 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 78 His very face shall cast On all his haters flight and disarray.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 53 The armed foot must needs be brought out of order.., and in this disarray there would be no great vse of them.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 27 Mar. (1971) V. 101 So much is this city subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 19 Dire Disarray! the Tumult of the Fight.

1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xvi. 223 Soon shall I lead your victor-bands to throw In disarray the legions of the foe.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor ii. 32 As clouds..Gather their blackening disarray to burst Upon some mountain turret.

1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 181 The wild confused crowd of leaping and struggling figures, in a strange and ghastly disarray.

1927 L. Bromfield Good Woman iii. 281 Her hat had slipped to the back of her head and her hair had fallen into disarray.

1978 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/2 A bulletin board filled with snapshots..and the general disarray contribute to the all-in-the-family air of this Tex-Mex cafe.

2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 July All the plans I'd had for my life were thrown into disarray when I became pregnant with the twins.

2. Disorder of clothing; spec. imperfect or incorrect dress; (also) an instance of this. Cf. array n. 11a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > negligent

disarray1590

mob1665

dishabille1673

undress1683

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P6 A wicked Hag..In ragged robes, and filthy disaray.

1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. ii. 34 His state of disarray, and the darkness that shrouded him, prevented me..from distinguishing any peculiarities in his figure or countenance.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv. 215 He who in that disarray Doth..bestride the noble steed.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. iii. 71 Clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume.

1950 J. Hersey Wall 452 Pavel Menkes, quite comical in his baker's disarray, brought the message down to us in the bunker.

2009 B. Metzger Wicked Ways of True Hero vi. 54 Somehow he looked better in this disarray than tightly trussed in what she understood to be his father's clothes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

disarrayv.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/

Forms: see dis- prefix and array v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, array v.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + array v., after Anglo-Norman desarraier, disaraier, disarayer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desaraier, Middle French desaroyer, desarroyer to throw (something) into disorder (early 14th cent.). Compare slightly later disarray n., and also earlier deray v., disray v.Compare Old Occitan desareisar to throw (something) into disorder (14th cent.). With use in sense 2 compare array v. 8.

a. transitive. To throw into disorder or confusion; to disorder, disorganize. In earlier use chiefly: to break up the military formation of (an enemy force). Also figurative and in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)]

perturbc1385

disarraya1387

disordain1398

disjointc1420

disorder1477

mistemperc1485

commovec1500

deraign?a1513

distempera1513

misordera1513

bring1523

turmoil1542

unframe1574

disrank1602

discompose1611

luxate1623

disframec1629

disjoin1630

disconcert1632

untune1638

un-nacka1657

dislocatea1661

unhinge1664

deconcert1715

disarrange1744

derange1777

unadjust1785

mess1823

discombobulate1825

tevel1825

malagruze1864

to muck up1875

untrim1884

unbalance1892

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)]

disarraya1387

difforma1425

disrank1602

discompose1611

unrank1611

dismarshall1630

deform1725

disarrange1744

disrange1775

derange1777

misarrange1815

upsteer1889

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > stand in line with > cause to fall out of line

disray1300

disarraya1387

disrange1485

disrank1609

stagger1720

club1806

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 243 (MED) By þat wile Englische men were begiled, and disarayed hem [L. Anglorum cuneus solutus est] as it were for to pursewe.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. l. 1537 (MED) Thei vnpurueied, took hem to the fliht; Disaraied thei myhte nat auaile.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 162 All dysarayit the ost was and agast.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. vi. 32 The cite, quhilk was disarayt and schent.

1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France viii. 459 The King once was minded to set the French companies on them to disaray them.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. lxiii. 86 At the first skirmish the enemies were disaraied [L. fusi].

1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 205 They rob Gardens without disaraying them.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica Viewed (ed. 2) 53 The small Remnant left in Iamaica..will be able to disaray the Spaniards in Hispaniola or Cuba.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 244 You Winds! Whilst not the Earth alone, you disarray.

1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xxxi. 26 Let not confusion disarray My well form'd thoughts.

1812 London St. James Chron. 30 Jan. The only effectual mode of disarraying the embodied forces of discontent would be to remove the principles..which held it together.

1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 200 Nature had revenged herself on the local taste by disarraying the regular rectangles by huddling houses on street corners.

1964 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 63 63 Fear almost disarrays her mind.

1982 V. N. McIntyre Wrath of Khan iv. 75 Saavik arrived at tutorial rather late, for the inspection and undocking disarrayed the usual schedule.

2005 P. D. Young Hanged by Dream iv. 59 Then properly disarraying his clothes to indicate hurried dressing, he went tearing off.

b. intransitive. To become disordered; to fall into confusion. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > fall into line > fall out of line or rank

outrayc1330

disrange1485

disarray1523

disorder1523

straggle?1530

square1583

disrank1606

to fall out1623

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxv. 297 If any of our batayls breke, or disaray by any aduenture, drawe thyder and confort them.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 98 Upon euery light occasion, they will breake and disaray.

1861 G. Meredith Phantasy in Once a Week 23 Nov. 602/1 A wreath of languid twining girls Stream'd upward, long locks disarraying.

2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 18 Nov. He was shamed that whereas small Ogonis were standing tall and organised the almighty Igbos were genuflecting and disarraying.

a. transitive. To undress (a person); to divest of clothing or other attire; to remove clothing from, strip. Now chiefly reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person

to dight nakedc1200

stripa1225

unclothec1300

nakea1350

despoilc1386

spoilc1386

spoila1400

uncleada1400

undighta1400

unarray14..

disarrayc1425

disattire?1473

unray1485

uncover1530

tirr1553

disclothe1570

disvesture1570

uncoat1571

uncase1576

unapparel1577

disrobe1590

unrig1591

unbusk1596

unstrip1596

untire1597

devest1598

unparel1603

unshale1604

unvest1609

disapparel1610

flaya1616

undress1615

disinvest1619

disvest1627

despoil1632

blanch1675

unpack1765

ungarment1805

peel1820

divest1848

divesture1854

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2447 Pirrus..chaunge gan his wete [read wede] Ful porely, rent, and disarayed,—Liche a man þat was for þouȝt dismaied.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 100 To Disaray [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Disray], exornare.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i.viii. sig. H4 That witch they disaraid, And robd of roiall robes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deshabiller, to disarray, vncloth.

1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray v. i. 64 Help to disarray And fit me for the Block.

1779 A. Bicknell Prince Arthur I. i. v. 98 Having gently disarrayed him, and discovered all his wounds, she endeavoured to persuade the great physician..to restore her son.

1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 226 Attendant damsels to prepare the bath, to help to disarray her.

1857 ‘M. Harland’ Moss-side xxi. 327 I set about the labor of disarraying myself of my dinner-dress.

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 264 She disarrayed her shoulders and cast her golden girth.

1908 M. Drake Lethbridge of Moor xx. 267 George was seated on the bed, disarraying himself for his bath.

1995 Explicator 53 91 Like a forsaken bride, she disarrays herself.

†b. intransitive. To undress; to remove one's clothing or other attire. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)]

stripa1225

unbusk1596

uncase1598

disapparela1605

undressa1625

disarray1678

unrig1693

disrobe1716

peel1785

tirr1787

unattire1791

shuck1848

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 15 I'd hardly time to lay My weapons by, and disarray.

a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 468 He, to the boughs crouching, with dreadful joy the desired one Had viewed descending, viewed as in a dream, disarraying.

3. transitive. To strip or deprive of something; to denude of. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of any adjunct or asset

stripc1405

disgarnish1481

disray1483

disfurnish1531

unpeoplea1533

disarray1579

disrobe1606

diseffect1613

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 105 A goodly Oake..With armes full strong..But of their leaves they were disarayde.

1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Victory in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 34 As when a vapour from a moory slough..Doth heaven's bright face of his rayes disarray.

1675 M. Barne Serm. Oct. 17 8 That He might become a Sacrifice for Sin, was content to be dis-array'd of His own Eternal Glory.

1751 J. Holmes Grammarian's Geogr. Epil. 265 It seem'd meet to our Majesty..to unfurnish and disarray our Azure Heaven of all those ancient vicious Constellations.

1760 T. Cannon Close View of Death 302 That proud breast would not be disarrayed of self-righteousness.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty xix, in Prometheus Unbound 222 My song, its pinions disarrayed of might, Drooped.

1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems ii. Ere quite the being of man, ere quite the world Be disarray'd of their divinity.

1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer i. 23 Heaven of its splendor disarrays itself.

1976 Amer. Poetry Rev. 5 10/2 Your body disarrayed of all but my arms' garlands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	disarray
释义	disarrayn. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/ Forms: late Middle English disaroye, late Middle English dysaray, late Middle English–1500s disaraye, late Middle English–1600s disaray, 1500s disarey, 1500s– disarray. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French disaray, desarroi. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman disaray, dissairay, Middle French desarroi, desarroy, desaroy (French désarroi ) disorder, trouble, confusion (early 13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation in soi mettre as desarez ‘to take flight’, subsequently from the late 14th cent.; frequently in en désarroi ) < Anglo-Norman dis- , Anglo-Norman and Middle French des- + Anglo-Norman arai , arrai , Anglo-Norman and Middle French array , Middle French arroi , arroy (French arroi ) array n. Compare earlier deray n., disray n., and also earlier array n., disarray v.In sense 2 after array n. 11. 1. The state or condition of being out of normal order; disorder, confusion. Also: an instance of this. Frequently in in (also into) disarray. Cf. deray n. 1a, 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] derayc1300 disray13.. disordinancec1374 unordaininga1382 perturbationa1398 disarrayc1410 misordera1513 disorder1530 confusionc1540 mistemper1549 indisposition1598 ataxy1615 disordination1626 indigestion1630 tumble1634 discomposure1641 incomposure1644 dyscrasy1647 dislocation1659 disarrayment1661 disjuncture1683 rack and manger1687 rantum-scantum1695 derangement1737 disarrangement1790 misarray1810 havoc1812 unhingement1817 mingle-mangleness1827 bedevilment1843 higgledy-piggledyness1854 ramshackledom1897 inchoateness1976 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > state of being disarranged disray13.. disarrayc1410 disordering1523 disorder1530 discomposture1622 discomposure1641 disarrangement1790 misarray1810 c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) §927 Þer as þe womman haþ þe maistry sche makith to moche disaray [c1405 Ellesmere desray, c1425 Petworth disaraye, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 disray]. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 41 They tourned their back & put hem to flyght and disaroye. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xv. 354 I wolde not for noo good that rowlande & olivere..sholde fynde vs in dysaray. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disarey, out of order, desaroy. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxviii. 2 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 78 His very face shall cast On all his haters flight and disarray. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 53 The armed foot must needs be brought out of order.., and in this disarray there would be no great vse of them. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 27 Mar. (1971) V. 101 So much is this city subject to be put into a disarray upon very small occasions. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 19 Dire Disarray! the Tumult of the Fight. 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xvi. 223 Soon shall I lead your victor-bands to throw In disarray the legions of the foe. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor ii. 32 As clouds..Gather their blackening disarray to burst Upon some mountain turret. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 181 The wild confused crowd of leaping and struggling figures, in a strange and ghastly disarray. 1927 L. Bromfield Good Woman iii. 281 Her hat had slipped to the back of her head and her hair had fallen into disarray. 1978 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/2 A bulletin board filled with snapshots..and the general disarray contribute to the all-in-the-family air of this Tex-Mex cafe. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 July All the plans I'd had for my life were thrown into disarray when I became pregnant with the twins. 2. Disorder of clothing; spec. imperfect or incorrect dress; (also) an instance of this. Cf. array n. 11a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > negligent disarray1590 mob1665 dishabille1673 undress1683 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P6 A wicked Hag..In ragged robes, and filthy disaray. 1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. ii. 34 His state of disarray, and the darkness that shrouded him, prevented me..from distinguishing any peculiarities in his figure or countenance. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv. 215 He who in that disarray Doth..bestride the noble steed. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. iii. 71 Clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume. 1950 J. Hersey Wall 452 Pavel Menkes, quite comical in his baker's disarray, brought the message down to us in the bunker. 2009 B. Metzger Wicked Ways of True Hero vi. 54 Somehow he looked better in this disarray than tightly trussed in what she understood to be his father's clothes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disarrayv. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/ Forms: see dis- prefix and array v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, array v. Etymology: < dis- prefix + array v., after Anglo-Norman desarraier, disaraier, disarayer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desaraier, Middle French desaroyer, desarroyer to throw (something) into disorder (early 14th cent.). Compare slightly later disarray n., and also earlier deray v., disray v.Compare Old Occitan desareisar to throw (something) into disorder (14th cent.). With use in sense 2 compare array v. 8. 1. a. transitive. To throw into disorder or confusion; to disorder, disorganize. In earlier use chiefly: to break up the military formation of (an enemy force). Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] perturbc1385 disarraya1387 disordain1398 disjointc1420 disorder1477 mistemperc1485 commovec1500 deraign?a1513 distempera1513 misordera1513 bring1523 turmoil1542 unframe1574 disrank1602 discompose1611 luxate1623 disframec1629 disjoin1630 disconcert1632 untune1638 un-nacka1657 dislocatea1661 unhinge1664 deconcert1715 disarrange1744 derange1777 unadjust1785 mess1823 discombobulate1825 tevel1825 malagruze1864 to muck up1875 untrim1884 unbalance1892 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)] disarraya1387 difforma1425 disrank1602 discompose1611 unrank1611 dismarshall1630 deform1725 disarrange1744 disrange1775 derange1777 misarrange1815 upsteer1889 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > stand in line with > cause to fall out of line disray1300 disarraya1387 disrange1485 disrank1609 stagger1720 club1806 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 243 (MED) By þat wile Englische men were begiled, and disarayed hem [L. Anglorum cuneus solutus est] as it were for to pursewe. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. l. 1537 (MED) Thei vnpurueied, took hem to the fliht; Disaraied thei myhte nat auaile. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 162 All dysarayit the ost was and agast. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. vi. 32 The cite, quhilk was disarayt and schent. 1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France viii. 459 The King once was minded to set the French companies on them to disaray them. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. lxiii. 86 At the first skirmish the enemies were disaraied [L. fusi]. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 205 They rob Gardens without disaraying them. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica Viewed (ed. 2) 53 The small Remnant left in Iamaica..will be able to disaray the Spaniards in Hispaniola or Cuba. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 244 You Winds! Whilst not the Earth alone, you disarray. 1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xxxi. 26 Let not confusion disarray My well form'd thoughts. 1812 London St. James Chron. 30 Jan. The only effectual mode of disarraying the embodied forces of discontent would be to remove the principles..which held it together. 1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 200 Nature had revenged herself on the local taste by disarraying the regular rectangles by huddling houses on street corners. 1964 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 63 63 Fear almost disarrays her mind. 1982 V. N. McIntyre Wrath of Khan iv. 75 Saavik arrived at tutorial rather late, for the inspection and undocking disarrayed the usual schedule. 2005 P. D. Young Hanged by Dream iv. 59 Then properly disarraying his clothes to indicate hurried dressing, he went tearing off. b. intransitive. To become disordered; to fall into confusion. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > fall into line > fall out of line or rank outrayc1330 disrange1485 disarray1523 disorder1523 straggle?1530 square1583 disrank1606 to fall out1623 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxv. 297 If any of our batayls breke, or disaray by any aduenture, drawe thyder and confort them. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 98 Upon euery light occasion, they will breake and disaray. 1861 G. Meredith Phantasy in Once a Week 23 Nov. 602/1 A wreath of languid twining girls Stream'd upward, long locks disarraying. 2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 18 Nov. He was shamed that whereas small Ogonis were standing tall and organised the almighty Igbos were genuflecting and disarraying. 2. a. transitive. To undress (a person); to divest of clothing or other attire; to remove clothing from, strip. Now chiefly reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2447 Pirrus..chaunge gan his wete [read wede] Ful porely, rent, and disarayed,—Liche a man þat was for þouȝt dismaied. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 100 To Disaray [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Disray], exornare. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i.viii. sig. H4 That witch they disaraid, And robd of roiall robes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deshabiller, to disarray, vncloth. 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray v. i. 64 Help to disarray And fit me for the Block. 1779 A. Bicknell Prince Arthur I. i. v. 98 Having gently disarrayed him, and discovered all his wounds, she endeavoured to persuade the great physician..to restore her son. 1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 226 Attendant damsels to prepare the bath, to help to disarray her. 1857 ‘M. Harland’ Moss-side xxi. 327 I set about the labor of disarraying myself of my dinner-dress. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 264 She disarrayed her shoulders and cast her golden girth. 1908 M. Drake Lethbridge of Moor xx. 267 George was seated on the bed, disarraying himself for his bath. 1995 Explicator 53 91 Like a forsaken bride, she disarrays herself. †b. intransitive. To undress; to remove one's clothing or other attire. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] stripa1225 unbusk1596 uncase1598 disapparela1605 undressa1625 disarray1678 unrig1693 disrobe1716 peel1785 tirr1787 unattire1791 shuck1848 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 15 I'd hardly time to lay My weapons by, and disarray. a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 468 He, to the boughs crouching, with dreadful joy the desired one Had viewed descending, viewed as in a dream, disarraying. 3. transitive. To strip or deprive of something; to denude of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of any adjunct or asset stripc1405 disgarnish1481 disray1483 disfurnish1531 unpeoplea1533 disarray1579 disrobe1606 diseffect1613 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 105 A goodly Oake..With armes full strong..But of their leaves they were disarayde. 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Victory in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 34 As when a vapour from a moory slough..Doth heaven's bright face of his rayes disarray. 1675 M. Barne Serm. Oct. 17 8 That He might become a Sacrifice for Sin, was content to be dis-array'd of His own Eternal Glory. 1751 J. Holmes Grammarian's Geogr. Epil. 265 It seem'd meet to our Majesty..to unfurnish and disarray our Azure Heaven of all those ancient vicious Constellations. 1760 T. Cannon Close View of Death 302 That proud breast would not be disarrayed of self-righteousness. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty xix, in Prometheus Unbound 222 My song, its pinions disarrayed of might, Drooped. 1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems ii. Ere quite the being of man, ere quite the world Be disarray'd of their divinity. 1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer i. 23 Heaven of its splendor disarrays itself. 1976 Amer. Poetry Rev. 5 10/2 Your body disarrayed of all but my arms' garlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1410v.a1387
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