Why this word is great
DISARRAY — [Noun, Verb] A state of disorder or confusion, or to cause such a state. From Middle English *disareyen*, from Middle French *desarroyer*, from Old French *des-* ("dis-") + *areer* ("to array, to arrange"). Unlike "chaos," which implies a wild, primordial tumult, or "disorder," a more clinical absence of sequence, disarray suggests the specific, poignant evidence of a system interrupted—a dignified order that has just recently come apart. It is the scatter of papers after a sudden gust, the battalion whose line has broken under fire, the guest room stripped of its careful order by an opened suitcase—the tangible, lamentable ghost of a plan abandoned, a quiet testament to the fragile nature of any system we impose.