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