discomposure

noun 2

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noun

1

The state of being discomposed.

And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]

"The real reason is that some small element of danger is involved in our experiment, though it is not sufficient to justify the discomposure which I see upon many of your faces."

2

Discordance; disagreement of parts.

But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats

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