v. & adj.
v.tr. 1 take apart at the joints. 2 (as disjointed adj.) (esp. of conversation) incoherent; desultory. 3 disturb the working or connection of; dislocate.
adj. (of two or more sets) having no elements in common. disjointedly adv. disjointedness n.
[ ME f. obs. disjoint (adj.) f. past part. of OF desjoindre (as DISJOIN) ]