disorder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An illness or condition that affects the normal working of the body or mind.

   She was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder.

2. 2
   noun

   A state in which things are messy or not arranged properly.

   The room was left in complete disorder after the party.

3. 3
   noun

   A situation in which people behave in an uncontrolled or violent way in public.

   The protest descended into disorder when the crowd grew angry.

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

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