† incomposuren.
Obsolete.
The state of being ‘incomposed’; discomposure, disorder.
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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 > posture > [noun] > specific part of body > inappropriate
incomposure1644
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 133 The incomposure of the Hands is to be avoided.
1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. x. 367 That Birds prune their feathers..to rid themselves of that more uncouth and harsh sense they feel in their skins by the incomposure of their ruffled plumes.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Incomposure, Disorder, Confusion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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