disjointed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disjointed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disjointed adj lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl" separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder" Synonym(s): disjointed, dislocated, separated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disjoint \Disjoint"\, 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 \Disjoint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Disjoint"edly}, adv. -- {Disjoint"ed*ness}, n.