English → Latin
“disjointed” in Latin
interrumpōto break apart; to break off, interrupt or cut short; to interruptdissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disjointed
articulatim divisus (PROP.): interruptus (having its continuity destroyed): dissipatus (scattered, as it were, in separate portions: also of a speech, loose, without accurate divisions, well connected together): fluctuans et dissolutus (eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc illuc): articulis membrisque non distinctus (both of style; “a disjointed discourse;” Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disjointed?
- The usual Latin words for “disjointed” are interrumpō, dissipō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.