dishevelment
(dɪˈʃɛvəlmənt)
[f. dishevel v. + -ment.]
The action of dishevelling; dishevelled condition.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. xi. (1872) 50 Their Hebe eyes brighter with enthusiasm, and long hair in beautiful dishevelment. 1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. II. iii. vii. 236 His tone..has made her hotly conscious of her dishevelment. |