Disorder
(Dis*or"der), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]
1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
Burke.
The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin.
Jer. Taylor. 2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness
or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit.
Macaulay. 3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.
Syn. — To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
Disordered
(Dis*or"dered) a.
1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.
2. Disorderly. [Obs.] Shak.
— Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. — Dis*or"dered*ness, n.
Disorderliness
(Dis*or"der*li*ness) n. The state of being disorderly.
Disorderly
(Dis*or"der*ly) a.
1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly
state.
2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly
people; disorderly assemblies.
4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.
Syn. — Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.
Disorderly
(Dis*or"der*ly), adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly.
2 Thess. iii. 6.
Savages fighting disorderly with stones.
Sir W. Raleigh. Disordinance
(Dis*or"di*nance) n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Disordinate
(Dis*or"di*nate) a. Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.
Disordinately
(Dis*or"di*nate*ly), adv. Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Disordination
(Dis*or`di*na"tion) n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.
Disorganization
(Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion) n. [Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.]
1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
