Disjoint
Disjoint , adjective
[Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. — Milton
Disjoint , noun
[From Old French desjoint, past participle of desjoindre. See Disjoint, transitive verb]
Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obsolete]
I stand in such disjoint.
Disjoint , transitive verb
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?
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.
3.
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
Disjoint , intransitive verb
To fall in pieces. — Shakespeare