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unˈjointed, a.
[un-1 9.]
1. fig. Lacking due connexion or cohesion; unconnected, incoherent.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. Ded. ¶ 4 Neyther himselfe can well understand his unjoynted discourse, nor the hearers conceave his uncohærent jangling. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 65 This bald, vnioynted Chat of his. a1610Healey tr. Theophrastus (1636) 37 Their tedious unjoynted tales. 1687Reflect. Hind. & Panther 35 To renew the old way of fighting with Sand-bags, the true Emblem of his unjoynted, incoherent Stuff.
2. Not furnished with, or connected by, joints.
1681Grew Musæum i. ii. 161 Upon his Shoulders he hath two immovable or unjoynted Horns. 1774Phil. Trans. LXV. 7 The columns..are of the simple, or unjointed species. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 520 A short, tapering, unjointed bristle. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 183 They may be simple, unjointed, firm, bony spines. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 399 Two minute unjointed styles. |