disarrayedadj.
/ˌdɪsəˈreɪd/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈreɪd/ 1. Out of normal order; disordered, confused; in disorder.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > put out of order
misordered1538
mistempered?1541
disordered?a1560
disturbed1593
disarrayed1600
disranked1606
disadjusted1611
distempereda1616
unhinged1719
disarranged1761
deranged1796
perturbed1799
ree-raw1800
perturbate1823
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > disarranged
disordered?a1560
disarrayed1600
disorderly1632
deranged1875
messed-up1909
sheg-up1941
shambolic1970
1600 Heroicall Aduentures Knight of Sea xxiii. 211 He thundred in, with such furie amongst the dis-arayed troopes of the suspectlesse Christians.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xlviii. 267/1 Following the disarraied flight of the Persians.
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 48 His disarray'd Oblation he devours.
?1780 T. Horde Right at Last ii. ii. 27 The mere effect of a wild disarrayed imagination.
1827 T. Doubleday Sea-cave 11 Some sea-born maid..with her green tresses disarrayed.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii-ix. 563 Mists, which hurry along..like hosts disarrayed.
1948 E. Forbes Running of Tide iii. 88 She put a finger to her bright little lips and shook her disarrayed blond curls.
1994 Q. Tarantino Pulp Fiction iv. 166 We're in Joe's office, which looks like the office of every tow yard on the planet. A filthy, disarrayed mess.
2. Divested of clothing or other attire; undressed, stripped. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Descoeffé,..whose head is disarrayed or vncouered.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. iv. 399 The Iewes.., beholding him all wounded, disfigured, wretched, abandoned, disarrayed, did notwithstanding honour him as their King.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 98 Then dis-array'd, the shining bath they sought.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 28 She..found, Half disarray'd as to her rest, the girl.
2008 J. Anderson Reading Allegorical Intertext 217 Venus' Actaeon-like surprisal of the disarrayed Diana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1600