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  • 1 horridus

        horridus adj. with comp.    [HORS-], standing on end, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly: barbula: caesaries, O.: Horridior rusco, V.: densis hastilibus horrida myrtus, V.— Rough, rude, crude, rugged, wild, savage: pecudis iecur: pastor, O.. Acestes in iaculis, V.: Silvanus, H.: Sedes Taenari, H.: Hiemps tremulo venit horrida passu, O.: Iuppiter austris, V.: stiria, V.: fluctus, H.— Unkempt, with dishevelled hair: Capillus passus, ipsa horrida, T.: mater, Iu.—Fig., in character or manners, rough, rude, blunt, stern, unpolished, uncouth: vitā, oratione: miles: Fidens iuventus horrida bracchiis, H.: gens, V.: horridus irā (Boreas), O.: horridiora verba: numerus Saturnius, H.— Causing tremor, exciting horror, terrible, frightful, horrid: horridiores aspectu, Cs.: acies, V.: virga (mortis), H.: iussa, V.
    * * *
    horrida, horridum ADJ
    wild, frightful, rough, bristly, standing on end, unkempt; grim; horrible

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  • 2 disicio

    dīs-ĭcĭo (or dissĭcio, Lucr. 3, 639; less correctly, dis-jĭcio), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw asunder; to drive asunder; to scatter, disperse (freq. in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic., Plaut., or Ter.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    partibus disjectis disque supatis,

    Lucr. 1, 651; cf. id. 1, 1020:

    materies,

    id. 2, 939:

    vis animaï (with dispertita and discissa),

    id. 3, 639:

    equi,

    id. 5, 400:

    in vasta urbe lateque omnibus disjectis moenibus,

    i. e. distributed, stretching out in various directions, Liv. 24, 2; cf. id. 24, 33 fin.:

    disjecta nube,

    Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134:

    nubes,

    Ov. M. 10, 179:

    nubila,

    id. ib. 1, 328:

    membra,

    id. ib. 3, 724; cf.:

    corpora ponto (with age diversos),

    Verg. A. 1, 70:

    rates,

    id. ib. 1, 43; cf.:

    naves passim,

    Liv. 30, 24:

    naves in aperta Oceani,

    Tac. A. 2, 23 et saep.:

    frontem mediam mentumque securi,

    Verg. A. 12, 308; cf.: scyphus in duas partes disjectus, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 3:

    crinem disjecta Venus,

    with dishevelled hair, Sil. 5, 203;

    of money,

    to squander, Val. Max. 3, 5, 2.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to disperse, scatter, rout the enemy:

    ea (phalange) disjecta,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; Liv. 44, 41; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B.: Sall. C. 61, 3; id. J. 50, 6; Nep. Milt. 2 al.:

    hostium disjecta frangere,

    the scattered enemy, Amm. 29, 4.—
    B.
    Pregn., to dash to pieces, lay in ruins, destroy; to frustrate, thwart, bring to naught.
    1.
    Lit.:

    arcem a fundamentis,

    Nep. Timol. 3, 3:

    moenia urbium,

    id. ib. § 2; Ov. M. 12, 109:

    statuas,

    Suet. Caes. 75:

    sepulchra,

    id. ib. 81 al.:

    globum consensionis,

    to dissolve, Nep. Att. 8, 4:

    pecuniam,

    i. e. to squander, Val. Max. 3, 5, 2; cf. absol.: dide, disice, per me licet, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37.—
    2.
    Trop. (i. q. discutere, II. B. 2.):

    dissice compositam pacem,

    Verg. A. 7, 339; so,

    pacem,

    Sil. 2, 295:

    rem,

    Liv. 2, 35:

    consilia ducis,

    id. 25, 14:

    cogitationem regiam,

    Vell. 1, 10:

    exspectationem novarum tabularum,

    Suet. Caes. 42.

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  • 3 horridus

    horrĭdus, a, um, adj. [horreo], standing on end, sticking out, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly:

    non hac barbula, qua ista delectatur, sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis et imaginibus videmus,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

    caesaries,

    Ov. M. 10, 139:

    pluma,

    id. Am. 2, 6, 5:

    apes horridi pili,

    Col. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    apes horridae aspectu,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

    sus,

    Verg. G. 4, 407; cf.:

    videar tibi amarior herbis, Horridior rusco,

    id. E. 7, 42:

    densis hastilibus horrida myrtus,

    id. A. 3, 23; cf.:

    arbor spinis,

    Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67:

    horrida siccae silva comae,

    Juv. 9, 12. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., rough, rude, rugged, wild, savage, horrid.
    A.
    Lit.:

    horrida signis chlamys,

    Val. Fl. 5, 558 (for which:

    aspera signis pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    membra videres Horrida paedore,

    Lucr. 6, 1269:

    pecudis jecur horridum et exile,

    Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:

    horrida villosa corpora veste tegant,

    Tib. 2, 3, 75:

    pastor,

    Ov. M. 1, 514:

    Ilia cultu,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 47; cf.:

    Acestes in jaculis et pelle Libystidis ursae,

    Verg. A. 5, 37:

    Silvanus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 22: Africa terribili tremit horrida terra tumultu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 311 Vahl.); cf.:

    Aetnensis ager et campus Leontinus sic erat deformis atque horridus, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47 fin.:

    horridior locus,

    Ov. P. 1, 3, 83:

    silva fuit, late dumis atque ilice nigra Horrida,

    Verg. A. 9, 382:

    sedes Taenari,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 10:

    argumenta, velut horrida et confragosa, vitantes,

    Quint. 5, 8, 1:

    inde senilis Hiems tremulo venit horrida passu,

    Ov. M. 15, 212; cf.:

    cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    Verg. A. 9, 670:

    bruma,

    id. G. 3, 442:

    December,

    Mart. 7, 36, 5:

    stiria,

    Verg. G. 3, 366:

    grando,

    id. ib. 1, 449:

    tempestas,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 1; Varr. ap. Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 349:

    fluctus,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 3; cf.:

    aequora,

    id. C. 3, 24, 40.— Poet.: si premerem ventosas horridus Alpes, qs. enveloped in horror, shuddering, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 19.—Of taste:

    sapor,

    harsh, raw, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129; cf. id. 13, 4, 9, § 43:

    ruta silvestris horrida ad effectum est,

    id. 20, 13, 61, § 131: (litterae) succedunt tristes et horridae... in hoc ipso frangit multo fit horridior (littera sexta nostrarum), Quint. 12, 10, 28 sq. —
    2.
    Esp., with dishevelled hair:

    si magna Asturici cecidit domus, horrida mater,

    Juv. 3, 212:

    paelex,

    id. 2, 57.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Rough in character or manners, rude, blunt, stern, unpolished, uncouth:

    huncine hominem te amplexari tam horridum,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 41:

    ut vita sic oratione durus, incultus, horridus,

    Cic. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    vir paulo horridior et durior,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 5: spernitur orator bonus, horridus miles amatur, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 273 Vahl.):

    non ille, quamquam Socraticis madet Sermonibus, te negliget horridus,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 10:

    fidens juventus horrida bracchiis,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 50:

    Germania,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 26:

    gens,

    Verg. A. 7, 746:

    horridus irā (Boreas), etc.,

    Ov. M. 6, 685:

    vita,

    Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

    virtus,

    Sil. 11, 205; Stat. Th. 5, 172:

    aspera, tristi, horrida oratione,

    Cic. Or. 5, 20; cf.:

    horridiora verba,

    id. Brut. 17, 68:

    sermo,

    Quint. 9, 4, 3:

    quaedam genera dicendi horridiora,

    id. 12, 10, 10:

    numerus Saturnius,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 157:

    ita de horridis rebus nitida est oratio tua,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51:

    (antiquorum imitatores) fient horridi atque jejuni,

    Quint. 2, 5, 21.—
    2.
    With the predominating idea of an effect produced, causing tremor or horror, terrible, frightful, horrid (rare, and mostly poet. for the class. horribilis): horridiore aspectu esse, * Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 2; cf. in a Greek construction with an inf.:

    et desit si larga Ceres, tunc horrida cerni,

    Luc. 3, 347:

    turba horrida aspici,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 19:

    vis horrida teli,

    Lucr. 3, 170:

    acies,

    Verg. A. 10, 408:

    castra,

    id. E. 10, 23:

    proelia,

    id. G. 2, 282:

    arma,

    Ov. M. 1, 126:

    virga (mortis),

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 16:

    fata,

    Verg. A. 11, 96:

    jussa,

    id. ib. 4, 378:

    paupertas,

    Lucr. 6, 1282:

    aquilae ac signa, pulverulenta illa et cuspidibus horrida,

    Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23.— Hence, adv.: horrĭdē (acc. to II. B.), roughly, savagely, severely, sternly:

    vixit semper inculte atque horride,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

    horride inculteque dicere,

    id. Or. 9, 28; cf. Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    ornamentis utetur horridius,

    Cic. Or. 25, 86: alloqui mitius aut horridius. Tac. H. 1, 82.

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  • 4 interjacio

    inter-jăcĭo and inter-jĭcĭo, jēci, jectum (in tmesi:

    inter enim jecta est,

    Lucr. 3, 859), 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast between; to set, place, or put between; to join or add to, to intermix (class., most freq. in the part. pass.):

    legionarias cohortes,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

    pleraque sermone Latino,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    id interjecit inter individuum, atque id, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 7:

    preces ct minas,

    Tac. A. 1, 23:

    moram,

    id. H. 3, 81. — Hence, interjectus, a, um, Part., thrown or placed between; interposed, interspersed, intervening, intermingled, intermediate; constr. with dat. or inter.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    nasus oculis interjectus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57.—
    (β).
    With inter:

    interjecti inter philosophos, et eos qui, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    aer inter mare et caelum,

    id. N. D. 2, 26:

    inter has personas me interjectum amici moleste ferunt,

    id. Phil. 12, 7, 18.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    quasi longo intervallo interjecto,

    as it were a great way off, id. Off. 1, 9:

    anno interjecto,

    after a year, id. Prov. Cons. 8:

    paucis interjectis diebus,

    after a few days, Liv. 1, 58.—
    (δ).
    With Gr. acc.: erat interjecta comas, with loose, dishevelled hair, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 28 dub.— Subst.: in-terjecta, ōrum, n. plur., places lying between, interjacent places:

    interjecta inter Romam et Arpos,

    Liv. 9, 13.

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  • 5 interjecta

    inter-jăcĭo and inter-jĭcĭo, jēci, jectum (in tmesi:

    inter enim jecta est,

    Lucr. 3, 859), 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast between; to set, place, or put between; to join or add to, to intermix (class., most freq. in the part. pass.):

    legionarias cohortes,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

    pleraque sermone Latino,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    id interjecit inter individuum, atque id, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 7:

    preces ct minas,

    Tac. A. 1, 23:

    moram,

    id. H. 3, 81. — Hence, interjectus, a, um, Part., thrown or placed between; interposed, interspersed, intervening, intermingled, intermediate; constr. with dat. or inter.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    nasus oculis interjectus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57.—
    (β).
    With inter:

    interjecti inter philosophos, et eos qui, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    aer inter mare et caelum,

    id. N. D. 2, 26:

    inter has personas me interjectum amici moleste ferunt,

    id. Phil. 12, 7, 18.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    quasi longo intervallo interjecto,

    as it were a great way off, id. Off. 1, 9:

    anno interjecto,

    after a year, id. Prov. Cons. 8:

    paucis interjectis diebus,

    after a few days, Liv. 1, 58.—
    (δ).
    With Gr. acc.: erat interjecta comas, with loose, dishevelled hair, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 28 dub.— Subst.: in-terjecta, ōrum, n. plur., places lying between, interjacent places:

    interjecta inter Romam et Arpos,

    Liv. 9, 13.

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  • 6 pando

    1.
    pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. spaô; cf. spatium].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.:

    flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,

    Quint. 11, 3, 122:

    manus leviter pandata,

    id. 11, 3, 100. —
    (β).
    Mid., to bend itself, to bend:

    in inferiora pandantur,

    Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219:

    apes sarcinā pandatae,

    id. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

    firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum,

    Col. 4, 16 fin.
    II.
    Neutr., to bend itself, to bend:

    ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,

    Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.
    2.
    pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. petannumi, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pandere palmas Ante deum delubra,

    Lucr. 5, 1200; so,

    ad solem pennas,

    Verg. G. 1, 398:

    retia,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29:

    telas in parietibus latissime,

    id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33:

    rupem ferro,

    i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37:

    utere velis, Totos pande sinus,

    Juv. 1, 150.—
    (β).
    With se or pass., to spread one's self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.:

    immensa panditur planities,

    Liv. 32, 4:

    dum se cornua latius pandunt,

    id. 2, 31:

    rosa sese pandit in calices,

    Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14:

    ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi,

    id. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

    si panditur ultra (gremium),

    i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.—
    2.
    In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits:

    ficos pandere,

    Col. 2, 22, 3:

    uvas in sole,

    id. 12, 39, 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.;

    syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1:

    pandite, sulti', genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis,

    Verg. A. 2, 234:

    (Cerberus) tria guttura pandens,

    id. ib. 6, 421:

    limina,

    id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248:

    piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,

    disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257:

    torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt,

    lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    pandite nunc Helicona, deae,

    Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.—
    2.
    Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines [p. 1297] viae, Liv. 10, 41:

    cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra,

    i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself:

    cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt,

    Lucr. 6, 359:

    illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

    quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 9:

    umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus,

    Juv. 10, 194. —Mid.:

    ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes,

    Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.—
    B.
    To open:

    viam alicui ad dominationem,

    Liv. 4, 15:

    viam fugae,

    id. 10, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.):

    omnem rerum naturam dictis,

    Lucr. 5, 54:

    primordia rerum,

    id. 1, 55:

    res altā terrā et caligine mersas,

    Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479:

    nomen,

    Ov. M. 4, 679:

    fata,

    Luc. 6, 590:

    Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus,

    Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.—Hence,
    A.
    pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.):

    manibus et pedibus pansis,

    Vitr. 3, 1:

    suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso,

    Amm. 29, 5, 48:

    pansis in altum bracchiis,

    Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.—
    B.
    passus, a, um (cf.:

    ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.
    1.
    Lit.:

    velo passo pervenire,

    under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so,

    velis passis pervehi,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

    passis late palmis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

    passis manibus,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair:

    capillus passus,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.—Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.—
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry:

    uvae,

    i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so,

    acini,

    Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

    racemi,

    Verg. G. 4, 269:

    rapa,

    Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127:

    uva passa pendilis,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

    lac passum,

    boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.—Hence,
    (β).
    Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).— Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51:

    passo psythia utilior,

    Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1:

    passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est,

    Cels. 2, 18.—
    3.
    Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

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  • 7 effūsus

        effūsus adj.    with comp. and sup, poured out, extensive, vast, broad, wide: late mare, H.: loca, Ta.: incendium, L.—Relaxed, slackened, loosened, dishevelled: quam potuit effusissimis habenis, L.: comae, O.: (nymphae) Caesariem effusae per colla, V.: cursu effuso, at full speed, L.—Straggling, disorderly, scattered, dispersed: agmen, L.: turba, V.: fuga, L.—Fig., unreserved, profuse, lavish: in largitione effusior: sumptus: opes, L.: licentia, L.
    * * *
    effusa -um, effusior -or -us, effusissimus -a -um ADJ
    vast, wide, sprawling; disheveled, loose (hair/reins); disorderly; extravagant

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  • dishevelled — [15] Semantically, dishevelled ‘with untidy hair’ and unkempt ‘with uncombed hair’ are closely parallel formations. Dishevelled originated as an adaptation of deschevele, the past participle of Old French descheveler ‘disarrange the hair’. This… …   Word origins

  • dishevelled — di|shev|elled BrE disheveled AmE [dıˈʃevəld] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: deschevelé, from chevel hair ] if someone s appearance or their clothes, hair etc is dishevelled, they look very untidy ▪ Pam arrived late, dishevelled and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Dishevelled — Dishevel Di*shev el (d[i^]*sh[e^]v l or [e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F. d[ e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis + L. capillus the hair of the head. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dishevelled — disheveled di*shev eled, dishevelled di*shev elled, a. 1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the hair in loose disorder. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dishevelled — [dɪ ʃɛv(ə)ld] (US disheveled) adjective (of a person s hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy. Derivatives dishevel verb (dishevels, dishevelling, dishevelled; US dishevels, disheveling …   English new terms dictionary

  • hair — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ auburn, black, blond, brown, chestnut, dark, fair, ginger (BrE), golden, grey/gray, grizzled …   Collocations dictionary

  • Hair —    1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • dishevelled — adj. (US disheveled) (of the hair, a person, etc.) untidy; ruffled; disordered. Derivatives: dishevel v.tr. (dishevelled, dishevelling; US disheveled, disheveling). dishevelment n. Etymology: ME dischevelee f. OF descheveleacute past part. (as… …   Useful english dictionary

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