Dishevelled (adj)
di-shev-eld
(of a person’s hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.
Late Middle English from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel ‘hair’, from Latin capillus). The original sense was ‘having the hair uncovered’; later, referring to the hair itself, ‘hanging loose’, hence ‘disordered, untidy’. Compare with unkempt.
Example sentences
“I mostly remember his long dishevelled hair.”
