- deschevelé
- Deschevelé, [deschevel]ée. part.
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disheveled — or dishevelled adjective Etymology: Middle English discheveled bareheaded, with disordered hair, part translation of Anglo French deschevelé, from des dis + chevoil hair, from Latin capillus Date: 1583 marked by disorder or disarray … New Collegiate Dictionary
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
décheveler — (dé cheu ve lé ; la syllabe che prend le son cheu, c est à dire se renforce, quand la syllabe qui suit reste muette. L l se double quand la syllabe qui suit est muette : je déchevelle, je déchevellerai) v. a. Mettre en désordre la chevelure de… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
échevelé — échevelé, ée (é cheu ve lé, lée ; comme deux e muets se suivent, le premier prend le son de eu) adj. 1° Qui a la chevelure éparse et flottante. • Elle accourt l oeil en feu, la tête échevelée, BOILEAU Lutr. II. • Ou tel que d Apollon le… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
dishevelled — di|shev|elled BrE disheveled AmE [dıˈʃevəld] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: deschevelé, from chevel hair ] if someone s appearance or their clothes, hair etc is dishevelled, they look very untidy ▪ Pam arrived late, dishevelled and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
disheveled — di•shev•eled [[t]dɪˈʃɛv əld[/t]] adj. unkempt; untidy; disarranged Also, esp. brit. di•shev′elled. Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME discheveled < OF deschevele, ptp. of descheveler to dishevel the hair … From formal English to slang
dishevelled — (US disheveled) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a person s hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered. DERIVATIVES dishevelment noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «having the hair uncovered»: from Old French deschevele, from Latin capillus hair … English terms dictionary
