Careful Words

disorder (n.)

disorder (v.)

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,

And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Criticism. Part i. Line 152.

You have displac'd the mirth, broke the good meeting,

With most admir'd disorder.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.

A sweet disorder in the dress

Kindles in clothes a wantonness.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Delight in Disorder.