disjecta membra
disjecta membra · disjecta membras
Scattered fragments, especially of written workScattered fragments, especially of written work.
/dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)Scattered fragments, especially of written work.
Origin
Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”)Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”).
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Forms
plural: disjecta membras| Singular | disjecta membra |
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See also
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