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n order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

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

an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. -- Breach of peace, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. -- Breach of privilege, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing b…

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

s, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

te requirement that the townships must be squares. -- House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. -- Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.

To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

Disorderly. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n.

The state of being disorderly.

Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.

In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak. Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay. -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. Shak. -- Fran"tic*ness, n. Johnson.

Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

Rowdy; rough; disorderly. [Australia & Eng.]

To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. [Obs.] Udall.

Irregular; disorderly. [Obs.]

Hence: A throgn; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lync…

Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.

Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]