Having joints or segments; divided into distinct parts or sections.
From 'article' combined with the past participle suffix '-ed,' meaning 'having been divided into articles.' The term evolved from the Latin root for 'joint' to describe anything divided like joints into separate pieces.
When something is 'articled,' it's been broken into joinable pieces—insects have articled bodies with separate segments that can move independently, which is why they're so flexible!
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