Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Broken away (from restraint). · Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. · Curt in manner. · Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
verb
To tear off or asunder. · To interrupt suddenly.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySomething which is abrupt; an abyss.
First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus (“broken off”), perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“break off”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + rumpō (“to break”).
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