disparple

English

Etymology

From Old French disparpelier, disparpillier et al., apparently from a late prefixed form of Latin papilio (“butterfly”).

Verb

disparple (third-person singular simple present disparples, present participle disparpling, simple past and past participle disparpled)

1. (obsolete) To scatter, disperse. [14th–17th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:

     ‘Alas,’ seyde Sir Gawayne and Sir Gareth, ‘now ys thys realme holy destroyed and myscheved, and the noble felyshyp of the Rounde Table shall be disparbeled.’