deray
English
Etymology
From Old French derroi, desroi, desrei, from des- (from Latin dis-) + roi, rei, rai (“order”). See array and disarray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈɹeɪ/
Noun
deray
- (obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
- (archaic) Disarray, confusion.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 26:
- […] the exasperated Whigs […] were the men in fact that wrought the most deray among the populace.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 26:
- (obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
- […] there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert’s house at Pace and Yule, and such high seasons […]
-
Verb
deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)
- (archaic, transitive) To derange.
- (archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.
Anagrams
- Ready, Yarde, dayer, deary, rayed, ready, yeard