- descheveler
- Descheveler, Disiicere capillos, Capillos resoluere.
Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
descheveler — v. act. Arracher la coiffure à une femme, en sorte que ses cheveux luy pendent. Ces deux femmes en se battant se sont toutes deux deschevelées … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Dishevel — Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disheveled — Dishevel Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disheveling — Dishevel Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dishevelled — Dishevel Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dishevelling — Dishevel Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disheveled — /di shev euhld/, adj. 1. hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt: disheveled hair. 2. untidy; disarranged: a disheveled appearance. Also, esp. Brit., dishevelled. [1375 1425; late ME discheveled < OF deschevele, ptp. of descheveler to dishevel… … Universalium
dishevelled — [15] Semantically, dishevelled ‘with untidy hair’ and unkempt ‘with uncombed hair’ are closely parallel formations. Dishevelled originated as an adaptation of deschevele, the past participle of Old French descheveler ‘disarrange the hair’. This… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
dishevel — late 14c., from O.Fr. deschevele bare headed, with shaven head, pp. of descheveler to disarrange the hair, from des apart (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + chevel hair, from L. capillus hair (see CAPILLARY (Cf. capillary)) … Etymology dictionary
dishevelled — [dɪ ʃɛv(ə)ld] (US disheveled) adjective (of a person s hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy. Derivatives dishevel verb (dishevels, dishevelling, dishevelled; US dishevels, disheveling … English new terms dictionary