DISJOINT


Meaning of DISJOINT in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.