deray

English

Etymology

From Old French derroi, desroi, desrei, from des- (from Latin dis-) + roi, rei, rai (“order”). See array and disarray.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹeɪ/

Noun

deray

1. (obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
2. (archaic) Disarray, confusion.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 26:

     […] the exasperated Whigs […] were the men in fact that wrought the most deray among the populace.

3. (obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
   • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:

     […] there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert’s house at Pace and Yule, and such high seasons […]

Verb

deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)

1. (archaic, transitive) To derange.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.

Anagrams

• Ready, Yarde, dayer, deary, rayed, ready, yeard