GARBLED

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

(adjective) lacking orderly continuity; “a confused set of instructions”; “a confused dream about the end of the world”; “disconnected fragments of a story”; “scattered thoughts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

garbled (comparative more garbled, superlative most garbled)

(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

Verb

garbled

simple past tense and past participle of garble

Synonyms

• confused

• disconnected

• disjointed

• disordered

• distorted

• illogical

• mixed up

• scattered

• unconnected

Anagrams

• belgard

Source: Wiktionary


GARBLE

Gar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Garbling.] Etym: [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharbal, gharbil, sieve.]

1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.]

2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

Gar"ble, n.

1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] Wolcott.

2. pl.

Definition: Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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