abruptest
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
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Source: Wiktionary
Ab*rupt", a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.
Syn.
– Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
Ab*rupt", n. Etym: [L. abruptum.]
Definition: An abrupt place. [Poetic] "Over the vast abrupt." Milton.
Ab*rupt", v. t.
Definition: To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 January 2025
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