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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disjointing}.]
1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice.
Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. --Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, adjective Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disjointed
adjective
1: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: {confused}, {disconnected}, {disordered}, {garbled}, {illogical}, {scattered}, {unconnected}]
2: taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"
3: separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder" [syn: {dislocated}, {separated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "disjointed": aimless, alienated, confused, detached, directionless, disarranged, disarticulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjunct, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, dispersed, displaced, disunited, divided, divorced, estranged, fitful, inchoate, incoherent, isolated, jumbled, loose, mixed up, muddled, out, out of gear, out of joint, rambling, removed, scattered, segregated, separated, sequestered, shut off, split up, unconnected, unhinged, unjointed, unorganized
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