Disheveled
(Di*shev"eled) a.
1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.
2. Having the hair in loose disorder.
The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads.
J. A. Symonds. dishful
(dish"ful) n.; pl. dishfuls As much as a dish holds when full.
Dishing
(Dish"ing), a. Dish-shaped; concave.
Dishonest
(Dis*hon"est) a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars.
Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest
man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
To get dishonest gain.
Ezek. xxii. 27.
The dishonest profits of men in office.
Bancroft. Dishonest
(Dis*hon"est), v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.
[Obs.]
I will no longer dishonest my house.
Chapman. Dishonestly
(Dis*hon"est*ly), adv. In a dishonest manner.
Dishonesty
(Dis*hon"es*ty) n. [Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.]
1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.
2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition
to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.
4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.
Dishonor
(Dis*hon"or) (dis*on"er or diz-), n. [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F.
déshonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See Honor.] [Written also
dishonour.]
