out of joint
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out of joint
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- Dislocated. I fell over and put my shoulder out of joint.
- Chaotic, disordered, out of control. The time is out of ioynt, O curſed ſpite, / That euer I was borne to ſet it right, […]
- Not in harmony, in step or in line (with something). While the Kremlin at Moscow exhales a paradoxical sympathy with this renewal of old tradition, Leningrad seems out of joint with Bolshevism and wears a sad air, as though mourning for an interlude which is past.
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prep_phrase anat. dislocated
| Deutsch | ausgerenkt, ausgekugelt |
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prep_phrase disordered, out of control
| Deutsch | aus den Fugen, aus dem Häuschen |
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prep_phrase not in harmony with sth.
| Deutsch | nicht miteinander im / in Einklang stehen / sein, aus der Reihe tanzen, getrennte Wege gehen |
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Talk about this word "out of joint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20joint. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. out of joint. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20joint "out of joint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20joint.Cite this
@misc{out_of_joint_2026,
title = {out of joint},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20joint},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
