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disorderly

/dɪˈsɔːdəli/dih-SAWR-dur-lee
/dɪˈsɔɹdɚli/dih-SAWR-dur-lee

Meaningout of order

Common meaning: untidy, or behaving in an unruly way

‘apart, away’ + ‘a row, rank, ordered series’ → disorderly

Journey through time

  1. Latinōrdō, -inis‘a row, rank, ordered series’
  2. Frenchordene
  3. Englishdisorderly‘untidy, or behaving in an unruly way’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

ord also in: reorderdisorderpreordersubordinate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin ōrdō ‘a row, rank, ordered series’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ōrdō, p. 1277 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

disorderpreorderreordersubordinate

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