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Word: Dishevelled
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel ‘hair’, from Latin capillus). The original sense was ‘having the hair uncovered’; later, referring to the hair itself, ‘hanging loose’, hence ‘disordered, untidy’. Compare with unkempt
dɪˈʃɛvld
(of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered
Short Definition:untidy
Examples:- a man with long dishevelled hair
- disheveled
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