单词 | discomposure |
释义 | discomposuren. 1. a. The process, condition, or fact of being reduced to component parts or pieces. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > state or condition discomposure1628 deartuation1653 1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 79 We see more, in the discomposure of a Watch, then we can, when 'tis set together. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 68 If covered with gold-plate, the same was more subject to discomposure at the disjointing and removing thereof. 1799 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 861/1 We cannot believe the violation of the ashes of the dead has caused the discomposure of this once matchless pavement. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 July ii. 4/5 For a sculpture of discomposure..consider the work of..Damián Ortega, who..disassembled a car, then suspended its parts in perfect formation. b. Disorder, confusion, disarray; (in later use) esp. dishevelment of hair or clothing. Also: an instance of this, a disturbance. 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 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 40 The Prelates..which way soever they turne them, put all things into a foule discomposure. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. vii. 348 The Wonder and Miracle is ten times greater in the state of things as they now stand, than it would be in such a discomposure of Nature. a1699 J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) iii. 87 When Scotland was in this sad discomposure,..the terrible parliament conveened in great pomp. 1750 tr. R.-A. F. de Réaumur Art of hatching Domestick Fowls 455 I found at night no discomposure in the feathers of the hen. 1760 tr. C. Batteux Princ. Transl. i. 7 The discomposure, and almost arbitrary disposition of words, which the Latin construction permits on this head, is somewhat laborious to the hearer. 1843 E. Chadwick Suppl. Rep. Pract. Interment in Towns 86 The discomposure of the body from its recumbent position, by jolting at the time of its removal down steep and narrow staircases. 1886 R. Grant Knave of Hearts iv. 133 He bore a striking resemblance to an insane person, to say nothing of the discomposure of his hair. 1912 A. Conan Doyle Case of Oscar Slater 42 The club-master saw no discomposure about his dress. 2011 M. C. Augustine in D. Hirst & S. N. Zwicker Cambr. Compan. A. Marvell iv. 49 The poet has laid himself down on the riverbank to fish; Maria thus finds him in an embarrassing state of discomposure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state untemperateness1398 mistemperancec1485 mistemper1549 intemperature1559 mistemperateness1561 mistempering1561 dissension1582 indisposition1598 undisposedness1600 untune1603 disaffection1618 discomposure1646 distemper1648 misaffection1650 indisposedness1654 intemperies1676 intempery1676 intemperament1698 seediness1832 the uglies1846 upset1866 undertone1872 run-downness1890 woofits1918 underfunction1941 underfunctioning1941 1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 278 And as commonly the soule followes the temper of the body, how can that but finde a sensible discomposure and debilitation in all her faculties, and operations. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. i. sig. N6 You left me free from any other discomposure than that which your leaving me is wont to give me. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 275 In cases of uterine discomposures. 1700 T. Tryon Lett. xvi. 77 Which general evil juices thicken and condensate the Blood,..to the discomposure of the whole Body. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 110 Latrissa is often indisposed... Last Friday she was seized with her usual discomposures. 1797 J. Hawkins Hist. Voy. Coast Afr. 67 I accordingly, with no little discomposure of my stomach, complied with all the form. 2. Lack or disturbance of self-possession; agitation, perturbation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] stirringc888 maleasea1300 uneasea1300 diseasec1330 perturbationa1382 unrestfulnessc1384 disturbancea1387 unroc1390 distroublancea1400 perturbancec1425 unquietnessc1460 inquietation1461 conturbationc1470 unheart's-ease1470 distroubling1487 wanease15.. inquietness?1504 unrufe1508 sturt1513 pertroublancea1522 inquieting1527 unquieting1548 turmoiling1550 unquiet1551 agitation?1555 storm1569 wanrest1570 discountenance1577 float1579 disquiet1581 brangling1584 diseasefulnessa1586 restlessness1597 hurry1600 disturbancy1603 disquietment1606 disordera1616 laruma1616 uneasinessa1616 diseasementa1617 discomposture1622 discomposition1624 whirr1628 discomposednessa1631 discomposure1632 pother1638 incomposedness1653 inquietude1658 uneasefulness1661 toss1666 disquietednessa1680 intranquillitya1699 disquietude1709 bosom-broil1742 discomfort1779 rufflement1806 feeze1825 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 astasia1839 dysphoria1842 purr1842 peacelessness1852 palaver1899 perturbment1901 heebie-jeebies1923 wahala1966 agita1979 1632 J. Mabbe tr. J. de Santa Maria Christian Policie xxvi. 241 Kings ought not to expresse any alteration, turbation, or discomposure, for those things which they see. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 66 Without any the least shew of Impatience or Discomposure of Spirit. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 25 And he continued in this melancholick discomposure of mind many days. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxv. 205 Did I betray any Impatience of Speech or Action, any Discomposure? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 139 His face was pale, his eyes red; and there was an air of discomposure about his whole person. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 471 A series of sermons was preached there by Popish divines, to the great discomposure of zealous churchmen. 1908 H. Atton & H. H. Holland King's Customs I. viii. 320 The first-fruits of the labours of the Commission of Public Account..must have caused temporary discomposure in certain official circles. 1978 J. Berthoud J. Conrad iv. 77 This final admission nicely enacts the discomposure of a man trying to deny the undeniable. 2002 P. Vincent Baby Catcher ii. 76 Vinnie sensed my discomposure. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] unsibeOE unsaughta1122 un-i-sibc1275 conteckc1290 discordingc1325 distancec1325 discordance1340 dissensionc1384 batea1400 discordc1425 variancec1425 variationc1485 disgreement?1504 distinction1520 factiona1538 jar1546 variety1546 disagreeance1548 disagreeing1548 disagreement1548 misliking1564 odds1567 mislikea1586 discordancy1587 disagree1589 distancy1595 dissent1596 dislike1598 secting1598 dichostasy1606 fraction1609 dissentation1623 ill blood1624 misintelligence1632 clashing1642 misunderstanding1642 discomposure1659 disjointinga1715 uneasiness1744 friction1760 misunderstand1819 unharmony1866 inharmony1867 trouble at (the or t') mill1967 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] discordance1340 variancec1374 discorda1387 disconvenience?a1425 unsuingc1425 disaccordancec1436 unaccordancec1449 inconveniencec1460 discrepancea1464 difformness1547 disagreeance1548 disagreeing1548 jar1548 disagreement1551 disagreeableness1570 dissonancy1584 discordancy1587 discoherencea1600 disconveniency1601 disharmonya1602 dissent1603 dissonancea1604 incongruency1604 incongruence1610 incongruity1612 discongruity1624 inconformity1625 discorrespondencya1641 inconsonancy1650 inconsistence1651 dissidy1657 unagreeableness1658 discomposure1659 disconsonancy1659 uncorrespondency1659 inconveniency1662 unconsonancy1665 incorrespondence1667 oddness1680 inconsistency1699 incongruousness1727 irreconcilementa1737 discrepancy1748 incoincidence?1798 inaccordance1808 inconsonance1811 inaccordancy1817 incorrespondency1817 cacophony1831 divergence1837 disaccord1871 1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον vii. 112 I wish that..Adversaries in Opinion would be free from Animosity and wrathfull discomposure. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 73 How exquisite a symmetry..Omniscience doth..discover in the Scripture's method, in spite of those seeming discomposures that now puzzle me. 1673 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 271 I was not there..because of the present discomposures between the scholars and townsmen. 1716 G. Crawfurd Peerage Scotl. 454/2 The Courts of Justice..were then stopped by reason of the Disorder and Discomposures of the Times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628 |
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