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† diˈshevely, -elee, ppl. a. Also 4–5 dischieflee, 5 discheuelee. [a. OF. deschevelé pa. pple., f. des-, dis- + OF. chevel, cheveu hair, = med.L. dis-, dēcapillātus stripped of hair, shaven, Sp. descabellado ‘bald, hauing no haire left on his head’: cf. It. (di)scapigliare ‘to desheuell, to disorder..ones head or haires’. In another form of this word, the -é of OF. pa. pple., became mute in ME.: see dishevel a.] = dishevel a. 1.
a1430Chaucer's Canterb. T. Prol. 683 (Ellesm. MS.) Discheuelee [other MSS. discheuele] saue his cappe he rood al bare. 14..Chaucer's L.G.W. 1315 Dido (Fairf. MS.) She falleth him to foote and swowneth there Disshevely with hire bryght gelte here. c1450Merlin 298 She was all discheuelee in her heer. c1470Harding Chron. clxxviii. ii, In chaumbre preuy At discouert descheuely also in all, As seruyng was to estate virginall. |