Meanings
present singular third person disarticulates · participle present disarticulating · participle past disarticulated · past disarticulated
- transitiveTo disjoint.
I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.
2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englisharticulate
- Englishdisarticulate
From dis- + articulate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разглобявам, разчленявам
- разглобявам (razglobjavam)to disjoint
- разчленявам (razčlenjavam)to disjoint
Greek αποδιαρθρώνω
- αποδιαρθρώνω (apodiarthróno)to disjoint
Portuguese desarticular
- desarticularto disjoint
Romanian dezarticula
- dezarticulato disjoint
Spanish desarticular
- desarticularto disjoint
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disarticulate
All rhymes →Cite this entry
disarticulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarticulate
“disarticulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarticulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disarticulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disarticulate.
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