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.
Derivatives:
disjointedly adv. disjointedness n.
Etymology: ME f. obs. disjoint (adj.) f. past part. of OF desjoindre (as DISJOIN)