▪ I. † disˈjoint, n. Obs.
[a. OF. desjointe, disjointe separation, division, rupture (Godef.):—L. type *disjuncta, fem. n. from disjunctus pa. pple., analogous to ns. in -ata, -ada, -ade, F. -ée: see -ade. This takes the place in part of L. disjunctio.]
A disjointed or out-of-joint condition; a position of perplexity or difficulty; a dilemma, ‘fix’.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 447 (496) What wyght þat stont in swych disioynte. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, And thus amiddes of either of these twaine Of loue and shame euen so vpon the poynt Medea stode as tho in great disioynt. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 309 The which [warre], at that tyme, was in suche disjoynte, that he cowde not brynge it to any frame. 1553 Douglas' æneis xii. xiii. 30 Thou mycht quhil now haue cachit at disioynt [MS. 1513 disiunct] The sylly Troianis baith be se and land. |
▪ II. disˈjoint, ppl. a.
[a. OF. desjoint (:— L. disjunct-us), pa. pple. of desjoindre to disjoin.]
† 1. Obs. Disjointed, out of joint; disconnected.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 164 That sensis spille or pointe disjoynt be therynne Is not my wille. 1602 Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 20 Thinking by our late deere Brothers death, Our State to be disioynt, and out of Frame. a 1717 Parnell David (Seager), My bones..Disjoint with anguish. |
† 2. Obs. In a dilemma, in a difficult position. (Cf. disjoint n.)
| c 1500 Lancelot 2907 For well ȝhe se the perell, how disio[i]nt The adwentur now stondith one the point Boith of my lord his honore, and his lond. |
† 3. Obs. Disjoined, separated; separate.
| 1589 P. Ive Fortif. 37 Because of it [= its] disioint standing from the wall which causeth sharpnes. 1649 Milton Eikon. iv. (1851) 359 Carrying on a disjoynt and privat interest of his own. 1660 H. More Myst. Godliness 31 The disjoint and independent particles of Matter. |
b. quasi-adv. Apart, asunder.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxlviii. (1869) 135 The sawe is cleped Hayne [hatred]; bi which disioynct is ysawed the onhede of bretherhede. |
4. Of two or more sets of elements: having no elements in common.
| 1937 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. XLI. 397 Two disjoint closed sets. 1941 Birkhoff & MacLane Survey Mod. Algebra vi. 141 Any product of disjoint cycles represents a permutation. 1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory i. 7 No doubt most linguists would immediately argue that these sets are disjoint. 1972 Computer Jrnl. XV. 229/2 The alphabets 1, 2, 3, and 4 are mutually disjoint. 1978 Language LIV. 188 HDCU is of potential interest not only to those who are uneasy about their linguistic credentials.., but also to students of language — not to imply that these two sets are disjoint. |
▪ III. disjoint, v.
(dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt)
Also 6–7 -ioinct.
[orig. f. disjoint ppl. a. (cf. -ate3); but in some uses treated as f. joint n.]
1. trans. To put out of joint; to disturb, destroy the due connexion and orderly arrangement of; to dislocate, wrench, dismember. (Cf. disjoint a. 1.)
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 873 Thi wortes that the wermes not disyoint [destruant]. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Vpon the rybbes & lyke bones for to reduce and retourne them in to theyr places, whan they are broken or dysioynted. 1605 Camden Rem. (1637) 72 Giles, is miserably disjoynted from ægidius, as Gillet from ægidia, by the French. 1648 Sanderson Serm. II. 226 If our spirits..be shattered and dis-joynted, through distrust in God. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 347 Selfishness..disjoints the whole frame of society. a 1862 Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. v. 377 The framework of affairs would be disjointed. |
† b. fig. To distract. Obs.
| 1628 Earle Microcosm., Meere Formall Man (Arb.) 30 He is not disiointed with other Meditations. |
c. fig. To throw the parts (of anything) out of orderly connexion; to dislocate.
| 1638 Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §44. 364 Your discourse upon this point, you have..disjoynted, and given us the grounds of it in the begining of the Chapter, and the superstructure..in the end. 1770 Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) IV. 504 It is..disagreeable..to observe a lyric writer of taste..disjointing the order of his ideas. 1834 H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (ed. 2) 55 Their collocation having been disjointed by time. |
2. To disjoin, disunite.
| 1583 Stanyhurst Aeneis iii. (Arb.) 83 The sea..rusht in..Italye disioyncting with short streicts from Sicil Island. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Defence 126 The elect members of Christ can never be disjointed from him. 1650 Fuller Pisgah ii. vii. 164 Except..some part of Asher lay south⁓ward at distance, dis-jointed from the main body of that Tribe. 1759 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 32/2 According as it is possessed by the English or the French, [it] connects or disjoints the colonies of Canada and Louisiana. 1775 T. Jefferson Let. Writ. 1892 I. 484 Great Britain, disjointed from her colonies. 1851 Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. xi. 134 Unite these all and then you have the Reformation.. Disjoint them and then you have some miserable sect. |
3. To separate joint from joint; to take in pieces at the joints.
| 1587 J. Harmar Beza's Serm. 384 (T.) As for his coach..he would not only have it to be unharnissed as I said..but also unpinned, disjointed, and pulled asunder. 1649 Lovelace Poems (1864) 44 Like watches by unskilfull men Disjoynted, and set ill againe. 1832 Lytton Eugene A. i. ix, The corporal began to disjoint his rod. |
| absol. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 473 A good Carver..cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable Dexterity. |
4. intr. (for refl.) To be disjointed; to suffer dislocation; to go out of joint; to come in pieces.
| 1605 Shakes. Macb. iii. ii. 16 Let the frame of things disioynt. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 741 A hundred cottages overturn..quiver, disjoint. 1890 Constance Smith Riddle L. Haviland I. ii. ix. 303 Neither will the great scheme of things disjoint, because your lover has left you. |
Hence disˈjointing vbl. n.
| 1598 Florio, Disgiontione, a disioining, a disiointing. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 149 The disjoynting of the bones. a 1715 Burnet Own Time (1823) I. 546 Those unhappy jealousies, which began a disjointing between the king and his people. 1794 Sullivan View Nat. II. 90 Even strong towers are made to vibrate several inches, without any disjointing of the mortar. |