English Explanatory Dictionary

disjecta membra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Scattered fragments, especially of written work.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/ /dəs-/

Word forms

disjecta membra

Etymology

Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”).

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