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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dishevelled, US disheveled /dɪˈʃɛvəld/ adj - (esp of hair) hanging loosely
- (of general appearance) unkempt; untidy
Etymology: 15th Century dischevelee, from Old French deschevelé, from des- dis-1 + chevel hair, from Latin capillus di•shev•el•ed /dɪˈʃɛvəld/USA pronunciation adj. or (esp. Brit.) -elled. - (of appearance) in disarray;
in loose disorder:their disheveled apartment; disheveled hair.
di•shev•el•ment, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•shev•el (di shev′əl),USA pronunciation v.t., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. - to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- to cause untidiness and disarray in:The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
- back formation from disheveled 1590–1600
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•shev•eled (di shev′əld),USA pronunciation adj. - hanging loosely or in disorder;
unkempt:disheveled hair. - untidy;
disarranged:a disheveled appearance.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] di•shev′elled. - Latin capillus
- Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler to dishevel the hair, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + -cheveler, derivative of chevel a hair
- late Middle English discheveled 1375–1425
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rumpled, messy, slovenly, sloppy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dishevel /dɪˈʃɛvəl/ vb ( -els, -elling, -elled) ( US -els, -eling, -eled)- to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone)
Etymology: 15th Century: back formation from dishevelleddiˈshevelment n |