dismayedness

[Eng. dismayed; -ne .] The quality or state of being dismayed or confounded with terror. "Being subject to too great and sudden desolation and dismayedne ."-Mountagu: Devout E ays , pt. i., tr. vi., §3. dis-mā y-fül, *dis-māy-füll, a. [Eng. dismay ; ful(1).] Full of or causing dismay; terrifying. "Much dismayed with that dismay full sight." Spenser F. Q., V. xi. 26. dis-may-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [DISMAY, V.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of causing dismay; terrifying, confounding. *disme (s silent), s. [O. Fr., from Lat. decima .] [DIME.] 1. A tenth part. "The disme goth to the bataile." 2. A tithe, a tenth. Gower: C. A. (Prol.) "The Abbot of Waltham being appointed collector of a disme."- State Trials: Proceedings on Habeas Corpus (an. 1627). 3. The number ten; so many tens. "Every tithe soul, 'mongst many you sand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , ii. 2. dis-měm-běr, *de-mem-bre, *dis-mem-bre, *dys-mem-bre, v. t . [O. Fr. desmembrer; Fr. démembrer: O. Fr. des Fr. dé Lat. dis away, apart, and Fr. membre =Lat. membrum =a member.] I. Literally : 1. To tear limb from limb; to divid, the limbs or members of; to dilacerate, to tear i pieces. "His goodly corps on ragged clifts yrent Was quite dismembred. Spenser: F. Q., L. v. 38. 1451