deray

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French derroi, desroi, desrei, from des- (from Latin dis-) + roi, rei, rai (order). See array and disarray.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deray

  1. (obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
  2. (archaic) Disarray, confusion.
    • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 26:
      [] the exasperated Whigs [] were the men in fact that wrought the most deray among the populace.
  3. (obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
    • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
      [] there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert’s house at Pace and Yule, and such high seasons []

Verb

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deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To derange.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.

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