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English Dictionary: abrupt	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abrupt adj marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" Synonym(s): abrupt, disconnected exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather" extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" Synonym(s): abrupt, precipitous, sharp surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Abrupt"\, 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. [bd]Tumbling through ricks abrupt,[b8] --Thomson. 2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [bd]The cause of your abrupt departure.[b8] --Shak. 3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Abrupt"\, n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt* place. [Poetic] [bd]Over the vast abrupt.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, v. t. To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] [bd]Till death abrupts them.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.