shevelledadj.
/ˈʃɛvəld/ rare and archaic.
Dishevelled. Also transferred.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective]
untidya1375
unred1528
sluttish?1529
untrimmed?1529
untrick1570
untrim1570
shevelled1613
hirsute1621
incompta1628
messy1627
unneat1648
tawdry1672
slattern1680
bunting1759
untrig1821
sloggering1825
slummocking1825
scrambling1826
poucey1829
anyhow1831
mullocky1839
ragtail1846
mussy1859
slubbery1880
unshipshape1883
mussed1888
slummocky1898
ruggy1929
idle1956
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > with unstyled hair
dishevelc1381
untressedc1381
dishevelyc1405
sparkleda1547
shevelled1613
1613 N. Breton Vncasing Machiuils Instr. 22 While the poore man..May..wipe his blubbered cheeks with sheualed heares.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 592 A shieveld threed is hardly got thorow the needles-eye.
1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema I. xviii. 219 He bowed his tall white head into my shevelled hair.
1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven I. x. 81 Sandhills shevelled with long rush disarm the western fury.
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