disjoint
/dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
adj
Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
verb
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
verb
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
Example Sentences
- "Azure, a chevron disjoint or broken in the head or - BROKMALE. Per fesse gules and sable , a chevron rompu counterchanged - ALLEN, Sheriff of London"
- "Near-synonyms: unjoin; disassemble, take apart"
- "to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving"
- "Are there not Poiſons, Racks, and Flames, and Swords; / That Emma thus muſt die by Henry’s Words? / Yet what could Swords or Poiſon, Racks or Flame, / But mangle and disjoint this brittle Frame? / More fatal Henry’s Words; they murder Emma’s Fame."
- "As over some half-ruined wall, / Disjointed and about to fall, / Fresh woodbines climb and interlace, / And keep the loosened stones in place."
- "a disjointed speech"
Etymology
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yewg-, disjoynen, desjoindre, disiungō
Usage
Inflected Forms
more disjoint (comparative)
most disjoint (superlative)
disjoints (present, singular)
disjointing (participle, present)
disjointed (participle, past)
disjointed (past)