Deray
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈɹeɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deray is a noun meaning (obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
Meaning
(obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Disarray, confusion.
- (obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
- (archaic, transitive) To derange.
- (archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.
Example Sentences
[…] the exasperated Whigs […] were the men in fact that wrought the most deray among the populace.
[…] 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 […]
Word Forms
- derays
- deraying
- derayed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disard, dray, dere, drearihood, drome, dray-man.
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