disjunct
/dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.86 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
adj
noun
The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
noun
A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
noun
One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
noun
Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
noun
Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
noun
A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
Example Sentences
- "Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing."
- "[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]"
- "Holonym: disjunction"
- "In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Latin junctus English disjunct From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt/