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Pronunciation : Ab*rupt"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
Definition : 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.

Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ab*rupt"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. abruptum.]
Definition : Defn: An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ab*rupt"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913