The definition of disheveled is someone or something that is untidy, messy or unkempt.
(adjective)A person who has his hair uncombed, his shirt untucked and stains on his shirt is an example of someone who would be described as disheveled.
See disheveled in Webster's New World College Dictionary
or dishevelled
adjective
Origin: ME discheveled < OFr deschevelé (pp. of descheveler, to tousle < des-, dis- + chevel, hair < L capillus) + -ed, -ed
See disheveled in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or di·shev·elled
adjectiveOrigin:
Origin: Middle English discheveled
Origin: , from Old French deschevele
Origin: , past participle of descheveler, to disarrange the hair
Origin: : des-, apart; see dis-
Origin: + chevel, hair (from Latin capillus)
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