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ar disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

The state of being disorderly.

Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] "Admired disorder." " Admired Miranda." Shak.

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their reFuller.

Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.

Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman.

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together.

Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

Tumultuous; disorderly. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.

To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.] From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak.

Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with and excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.

Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson.

The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.