ravelmentn.

Brit.

/ˈravlm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈrævəlm(ə)nt/

Forms: see ravel v.¹ and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ravel v.¹, -ment suffix.

Etymology: < ravel v.¹ + -ment suffix. Compare earlier unravelment n.

Entanglement, confusion; interweaving; an instance of this. Also: a tangled mass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > and confusion

tanglement1831

ravelment1833

muddlement1857

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun]

implicationc1430

implicamentc1450

imployment1598

implicity1602

tangle1615

illigation1656

perplexity1664

entanglement1687

intertwisting1753

intertanglement1817

tanglement1831

ravelment1833

bewilderment1844

intertwist1870

betanglement1881

1833 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. 11 284 A series of ravelments and squabbling grudges.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. ii. 110 Mischievous deceitful persons cut the rope, and our Queue becomes a ravelment.

1870 Daily News 24 Sept. Heaps of Bavarian and French dead piled high in inextricable ravelment.

1909 C. H. H. Parry J. S. Bach iv. 160 This is more especially difficult in the fugal form, which is the gradual ravelment of long lines of concurrent melodies.

1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) v. 193 A man squatted and begged alms from the passers-by. His clothes were a ravelment of scorched rags.

2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. iv. 1/1 This jagged shard of American history has become a ravelment of an election, a tangle of confusion and complexity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ravelment
释义	ravelmentn. Brit. /ˈravlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈrævəlm(ə)nt/ Forms: see ravel v.¹ and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ravel v.¹, -ment suffix. Etymology: < ravel v.¹ + -ment suffix. Compare earlier unravelment n. Entanglement, confusion; interweaving; an instance of this. Also: a tangled mass. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > and confusion tanglement1831 ravelment1833 muddlement1857 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] implicationc1430 implicamentc1450 imployment1598 implicity1602 tangle1615 illigation1656 perplexity1664 entanglement1687 intertwisting1753 intertanglement1817 tanglement1831 ravelment1833 bewilderment1844 intertwist1870 betanglement1881 1833 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. 11 284 A series of ravelments and squabbling grudges. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. ii. 110 Mischievous deceitful persons cut the rope, and our Queue becomes a ravelment. 1870 Daily News 24 Sept. Heaps of Bavarian and French dead piled high in inextricable ravelment. 1909 C. H. H. Parry J. S. Bach iv. 160 This is more especially difficult in the fugal form, which is the gradual ravelment of long lines of concurrent melodies. 1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) v. 193 A man squatted and begged alms from the passers-by. His clothes were a ravelment of scorched rags. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. iv. 1/1 This jagged shard of American history has become a ravelment of an election, a tangle of confusion and complexity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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