Abrupt
Abrupt ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin abruptus, past participle 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,
2.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
The cause of your abrupt departure.
3.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.
4.
(Botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. — Gray
Abrupt ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin abruptum.]
An abrupt place. [Poetic]
“Over the vast abrupt.”
Abrupt , transitive verb
To tear off or asunder. [Obsolete]
Till death abrupts them.