dishevelment

Variant of dishevel

dishevel definition

di·shevel (di s̸hev′əl)

transitive verb disheveled -·eled or dishevelled -·elled, disheveling -·el·ing or dishevelling -·el·ling

  1. to cause (hair, clothing, etc.) to become disarranged and untidy, as by pulling or loosening, etc.; tousle or rumple
  2. to cause the hair or clothes of (a person) to become thus disarranged

Etymology: back-form. < disheveled

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