ab•rupt´
a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
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.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Syn. — Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
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.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray. Syn. — Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
Meaning of “abrupt” in English language – adj 1. sudden 2. using few words and not...
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