fragmented

Variant of fragment

fragment definition

frag·ment (frag′mənt; for v. also frag′ment′, frag ment′)

noun

  1. a part broken away from a whole; broken piece
  2. a detached, isolated, or incomplete part a fragment of a song
  3. the part that exists of a literary or other work left unfinished

Etymology: ME < L fragmentum < frangere, break

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to break into fragments; break up

Related Forms:

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