disparple

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verb

To scatter, disperse.

OriginOld French disparpelier ← Latin papilio →
First used 14th–17th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

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

present singular third person disparples · participle present disparpling · participle past disparpled · past disparpled

  1. obsoleteTo scatter, disperse.First known use 14th–17th c.

    ‘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.’

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dispersesparse

Origin

  1. Latinpapilio“butterfly”
  2. Old Frenchdisparpelier
  3. Englishdisparple

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

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