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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [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 and 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disjointed adj 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}]
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