disjecta membra

noun
/dɪsˈdʒɛk.tə ˈmɛm.bɹə/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. 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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