What does "dishevel" mean?
Dishevel: To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.
Additional senses
- 2.To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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