Ravelment
/ˈrævəlmənt/noun
The act or process of tangling or entangling; confusion or a tangled state.
Did you know?Ravel and unravel are a famous etymological trap: in historical English, ravel could mean both “to tangle” and “to disentangle,” a double-life that still haunts the word today.
Etymological Timeline
14th Century
English
ravel
“to entangle, tangle together”
15th Century
English
ravel
“to fray or become disordered; also, in some senses, to disentangle”
16th Century
English
ravelment
“a tangled state; confusion or entanglement”
Modern English
English
ravelment
“the state or act of becoming tangled or confused”