Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Disheveled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disheveled \Di*shev"eled\, a.
1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled
hair.
2. Having the hair in loose disorder.
The dancing maidens are disheveled M[ae]nads. --J.
A. Symonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 {Capillary}.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to
spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in
the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her
hands and making piteous moan. --Spenser.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
--Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disheveled
adj : in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: {dishevelled},
{frowzled}, {rumpled}, {tousled}]
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