Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISHEVELED
pp. or a.Hanging loosely and negligently without confinement; flowing in disorder; as disheveled locks.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISHEVELED
DISHEVELED Di *shev "eled, a.
1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.
2. Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds.
New American Oxford Dictionary
disheveled
di shev eled |diˈSHevəld dəˈʃɛvəld |(Brit. dishevelled ) ▶adjective (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance ) untidy; disordered: a man with long, disheveled hair. DERIVATIVES di shev el |-ˈSHevəl |verb, di shev el ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel ‘hair, ’ from Latin capillus ). The original sense was ‘having the hair uncovered ’; later, referring to the hair itself, ‘hanging loose, ’ hence ‘disordered, untidy ’ Compare with unkempt .
American Oxford Thesaurus
disheveled
disheveled adjective long and disheveled hair: untidy, unkempt, scruffy, messy, in a mess, disordered, disarranged, rumpled, bedraggled; uncombed, tousled, tangled, tangly, knotted, knotty, shaggy, straggly, windswept, wind-blown, wild; slovenly, slatternly, blowsy, frowzy, mussed (up ), mussy. ANTONYMS tidy.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
disheveled
di shev eled ｟英 ｠-elled /dɪʃév (ə )ld /形容詞 〈髪の毛が 〉ぼさぼさの, 乱れた ; 〈服装などが 〉だらしない, 乱れた .
The Wordsmith Dictionary