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discomposures

discomposures is the plural of discomposure.

Meaning of discomposure

Noun

discomposure (countable and uncountable, plural discomposures)

  1. The state of being discomposed.
    • And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.
    • But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Questions about discomposures

What is discomposures the plural of?
Discomposures is the plural of discomposure.

Words near discomposures in the dictionary

  1. discomposes
  2. discomposing
  3. discomposingly
  4. discomposition
  5. discomposure
  6. discomposures
  7. discomprehend
  8. discomprehended
  9. discomprehending
  10. discomprehends
  11. discompt

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