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Etymology
From es- + cabell + -ar.
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escabellar (first-person singular present escabello, first-person singular preterite escabellí, past participle escabellat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to muss or tousel the hair of (someone), to dishevel
1984, Pau Faner, Lady Valentine:L'oncle Pius, que era molt alt i estava molt magre, portava els calçons arromangats i anava en camiseta, tot escabellat pel vent, i llançava i recollia l'ham sense a penes pescar cap peix.- Uncle Pius, who was very tall and very thin, used to go around in his undershirt with his pantlegs rolled up, hair all mussed by the wind, tossing and reeling in the hook without hardly ever catching any fish.
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