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disheveled definition

di·shev·eled or dishevelled di·shev′·elled (-əld)

adjective

  1. disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled: said of hair, clothing, etc.
  2. having disheveled hair or clothing

Etymology: ME discheveled < OFr deschevelé (pp. of descheveler, to tousle < des-, dis- + chevel, hair < L capillus) + -ed, -ed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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