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having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected. "The same rambling, incoherent manner." Bp. Warburton.

Causing incoherence. [R.]

In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherence.

Same as Amalgam. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.

To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.

Incoherent. [R.]

To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.

The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.

Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.

Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. Swift.

To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott.

Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.

A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.

Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak.