See Also: discomposure(dictionary)

medaillon (iou) and discomposure (iou)


medaillon (iou)



medaillon noun. [medaj] Pl. pronounced same. E20.
[French: see MEDALLION.]
A small, flat, round or oval cut of meat or fish.

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.