verb (used with object)
- to sever or dislocate a joint of; disjoint.
adjective
- having or provided with joints.
- formed with knots or nodes.
adjective
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- having a joint or joints
- (in combination)large-jointed
- (of a plant stem or similar part) marked with constrictions, at which the stem breaks into separate portions
adj.early 15c., from joint (n.).