discompose
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discompose
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
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Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English compose
English discompose
From dis- + compose.
verb discomposes · discomposing · discomposed
- To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate. I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning.
- To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder. If e'er with airy horns I planted heads, Or rumpled petticoats, or tumbled beds, Or caus'd suspicion when no soul was rude,