单词 | shambolic |
释义 | shambolicadj. colloquial. Chaotic, disorderly, undisciplined. Reported to be ‘in common use’ in 1958. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] troublec1374 misorderlya1568 unorderly1578 luxate1597 incomposed1608 methodless1609 tumultuary1609 unordered1621 disorderly1632 higgledy-piggledy1676 rantum-scantum1695 throughother1720 rough and tumble1818 ramshackle1820 skimble-skamble1826 ahoo1828 disordinate1840 disorganic1841 ramshackly1883 rantum-scootum1885 tumultuarious1895 ragtime1917 inchoate1922 higgledya1953 shambolic1970 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 1970 Times 18 June 9 His office in Printing House Square is so impeccably tidy that it is..a standing reproach to the standard image of shambolic newspaper offices. 1975 Times 14 June 8/5 The average listener is in the position of anybody who encounters an organization at work for the first time. It may appear shambolic but how much is that because he hasn't yet made sense of it. 1978 R. Jansson News Caper xiii. 110 We may have a shambolic landing, Jean. I want you to go right through the aircraft reminding people about the emergency drill. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 509/1 It will continue in a much more shambolic manner than the urbanization that has occurred in the Western World. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1970 |
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