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.
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4. Bot.
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
Gray.
Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
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Ab*rupt" (#), n. [L. abruptum.]
An abrupt place.
[Poetic]
"Over the vast abrupt."
Milton.
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Ab*rupt", v. t.
To tear off or asunder.
[Obs.] "Till death
abrupts them."
Sir T. Browne.
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