Disorder
Disorder , noun
[Prefix dis- + order: compare French désordre.]
1.
Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
2.
Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
3.
Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. — Shakespeare
4.
Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement.
Disorder in the body.
Disorder , transitive verb
1.
To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
The burden... disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin.
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.
3.
To depose from holy orders. [Obsolete] — Dryden