misarrayn.
/ˌmɪsəˈreɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈreɪ/ Now rare.
= disarray n.
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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 > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > state of being disarranged
disray13..
disarrayc1410
disordering1523
disorder1530
discomposture1622
discomposure1641
disarrangement1790
misarray1810
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 231 Then uproar wild and misarray Marr'd the fair form of festal day.
1842 E. S. Wortley Maiden of Moscow xiii. iv. 500 Yelled forth the whole infuriate crowd;—In loose, disordered misarray, Reckless—they threw their lives away.
2001 www.rufusrufus.com 16 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) It initiates a complicated misarray—photographically and otherwise—of shoot, being shot and shot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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