disjunction &c 44; anacoluthon†; interruption, break, fracture, flaw,
fault, crack, cut; gap &c (interval) 198; solution of continuity,
caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork;
intermission; alternation &c (periodicity) 138; dropping fire.
V. be discontinuous &c adj.; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and
start, hesitate.
discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break, break in upon,
break off; interpose &c 228; break the thread, snap the thread;
disconnect &c (disjoin) 44; dissever.
Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive†, broken, interrupted, dicousu [Fr.];
disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful &c (irregular)
139; spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional &c v.,
intermittent; alternate; recurrent &c (periodic) 138.
Adv. at intervals; by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits
and starts; skippingly†, per saltum [Lat.]; longo intervallo [It].
Phr. like 'angel visits few and far between' [Campbell].