ABRUPTS

Noun

abrupts

plural of abrupt

Verb

abrupts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrupt

Anagrams

• bus trap, subpart

Source: Wiktionary

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ABRUPT

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

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