dischevele
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Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dischevele
- disheveled
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 682-683:
- Him thoughte, he rood al of the newe Iet;
Dischevele, save his cappe, he rood al bare.- It seemed to him that he rode in the very latest style;
With hair unbound, save for his cap, he rode all bare-headed.
- It seemed to him that he rode in the very latest style;
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 682-683:
References
[edit]- “dischevele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.