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disjecta membra

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disjecta membra

  • /dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/
  • /dəs-/

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

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  1. plural, plural only Scattered fragments, especially of written work. […]though the whole construction be taken to pieces, are still the disjecta membra, with which the work of renovation must be begun.

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@misc{disjecta_membra_2026,
  title = {disjecta membra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disjecta%20membra},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}