disparple

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disparple

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From Old French disparpelier, disparpillier et al., apparently from a late prefixed form of Latin papilio (“butterfly”).

verb disparples · disparpling · disparpled

obsolete To scatter, disperse. ‘Alas,’ seyde Sir Gawayne and Sir Gareth, ‘now ys thys realme holy destroyed and myscheved, and the noble felyshyp of the Rounde Table shall be disparbeled.’

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@misc{disparple_2026,
  title = {disparple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disparple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}