abrupt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Noun 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin abruptus, perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“‘break off’”), formed from ab (“‘from, away from’”) + rumpō (“‘break’”).

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abrupt (comparative more abrupt or abrupter, superlative most abrupt or abruptest)

1. Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.

   Tumbling through ricks abrupt. - Thomson

2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

   The cause of your abrupt departure. - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, II-iii

3. Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.
4. Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected.

   The party came to an 'abrupt' end when the parents of our host arrived.

   The 'abrupt' style, which hath many breaches. - B. Jonson

5. (botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.

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• (precipitous): broken, rough, rugged
• (without time to prepare): brusque, sudden
• (uncivil):blunt, brusque
• (without transition): disconnected, unexpected

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to abrupt (third-person singular simple present abrupts, present participle abrupting, simple past and past participle abrupted)

1. (transitive) To tear off or asunder.

   Till death abrupts them. - Sir T. Browne

2. To interrupt suddenly.

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abrupt (plural abrupts)

1. (poetic) Something which is abrupt.

   Over the vast abrupt. - Milton

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abrupt m. (f. abrupte, m. plural abrupts, f. plural abruptes)

1. Extremely steep, near vertical.
2. Curt and abrupt.
3. Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.