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Disjecta membra
//dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Scattered fragments, especially of written work. plural, plural-only
"[…]though the whole construction be taken to pieces, are still the disjecta membra, with which the work of renovation must be begun."
Etymology
Alteration of Horace’s Latin phrase disjecti membra poetae (“limbs of a dismembered poet”).
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