English

Etymology
L. abruptus, past participle of abrumpere "to break off", formed from ab- + rumpere "to break".

Noun
rfc-level|Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section
abrupt

1. poetic Something which is #Adjective|abrupt.

#* Over the vast abrupt. - Milton

Adjective
en-adj|more abrupt or abrupter|most abrupt or abruptest

1. Broken off; very steep or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; as, abrupt places.

#* Tumbling through ricks abrupt. - Thomson

1. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

#* The cause of your abrupt departure. - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, II-iii

1. curt|Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.
2. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.

#* The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived.
#* The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. - B. Jonson

1. botany Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncated.

Synonyms
blunt
broken
brusque
curt
disconnected
hasty
rough
rugged
sudden
unceremonious
unexpected

Translations
broken off or steep (1)

Danish: brat
Dutch: steil
Finnish: jyrkkä
French: abrupt#French|abrupt
German: steil
Italian: brusco, brusca
Norwegian: brå, bratt (steep)
Novial: abrupt, abrupti
Portuguese: brusco, abrupto
Spanish: abrupto, brusco

sudden or hasty (2)

Danish: pludselig, uformodet
Dutch: #Dutch|abrupt, plots, bruusk
Finnish: äkillinen, odottamaton
French: brusque, precipité
German: abrupt, plötzlich
Maltese: f'daqqa, ta' malajr
Norwegian: brå, plutselig
Novial: abrupt, abrupti
Portuguese: brusco, abrupto
Italian: brusco, brusca
Spanish: repentino, súbito
Telugu: ��స�మాత�త��ా

curt in manner (3)

Dutch: kortaf
Finnish: jyrkkä
French: brusque
German: einsiblig, wortkarg, kurz angebunden
Maltese: ta' mod goff
Norwegian: brå, skarp
Portuguese: brusco, rude
Spanish: abrupto, brusco, cortante

unconnected (4)

Dutch: hortend
Finnish: odottamaton
Italian: discontinuo, discontinua, sconnesso, sconnessa
Norwegian: plutselig
Portuguese: brusco, abrupto
Spanish: brusco, abrupto

truncated (5)

Dutch: afgeknot
Norwegian: avkortet
Spanish: abrupto

Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Ido: abrupta
ttbc|Interlingua: abrupte, brusc, precipitate
ttbc|Latin: abruptus m, abrupta f, abruptum n
ttbc|Romanian: abrupt, brusc, precipitat
ttbc|Tamil: ���தி
ttbc|Ukrainian: наглий, �ап�овий

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To tear off or asunder; to interrupt suddenly.

#* Till death abrupts them. - Sir T. Browne

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• 2007-12-05 23:00 - DCDuring - /* Adjective */ bold not wikilink for more/most forms

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