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disorder.

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/General-American/dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/obsolete
  1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

    countable · uncountable
    After playing the children left the room in disorder.
  2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

    countable · uncountable
    The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
    The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
  3. A physical or mental malfunction.

    countable
    Bulimia is an eating disorder.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

verb/dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/General-American/dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/obsolete
  1. To throw into a state of disorder.

    transitive
  2. To knock out of order or sequence.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

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