disorder

Meanings

Noun

• Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
• A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
• A physical or mental malfunction.

Verb

• To throw into a state of disorder.
• To knock out of order or sequence.

Origin

• From dis- + order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.