See Also: discomposure(dictionary)

discomposure (iou)



discomposure noun. E17.
[from DISCOMPOSE after COMPOSURE.]
Disorder, confusion; disarrangement. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
Milton The Prelates..put all things into a foule discomposure.
Indisposition, ill health. M17-M18.
Disturbance of mind or feelings; agitation, perturbation. M17.
Ld Macaulay A series of sermons was preached..by Popish divines, to the great discomposure of zealous churchmen.