abrupt.html - adj.
1 sudden and unexpected; hasty (his abrupt departure).
2 (of speech, manner, etc.) uneven; lacking continuity; curt.
3 steep, precipitous.
4 Bot. truncated.
5 Geol. (of strata) suddenly appearing at the surface.

abruptly adv. abruptness n. [L abruptus past part. of abrumpere (as AB-, rumpere break)]

abrupt.html - adj.
1 sudden and unexpected; hasty (his abrupt departure).
2 (of speech, manner, etc.) uneven; lacking continuity; curt.
3 steep, precipitous.
4 Bot. truncated.
5 Geol. (of strata) suddenly appearing at the surface.

abruptly adv. abruptness n. [L abruptus past part. of abrumpere (as AB-, rumpere break)]

abrupt.html - adj.
1 sudden and unexpected; hasty (his abrupt departure).
2 (of speech, manner, etc.) uneven; lacking continuity; curt.
3 steep, precipitous.
4 Bot. truncated.
5 Geol. (of strata) suddenly appearing at the surface.

abruptly adv. abruptness n. [L abruptus past part. of abrumpere (as AB-, rumpere break)]

abrupt.html - int. & n.
--int.

a supposedly magic word used by conjurors in performing a trick.

--n.

1 a spell or charm.
2 jargon or gibberish. [a mystical word engraved and used as a charm: L f. Gk]

abrupt.html - v.tr.
scrape or wear away (skin, rock, etc.) by rubbing.

abrader n. [L f. radere ras- scrape]

abrupt.html - n.
1 the scraping or wearing away (of skin, rock, etc.).
2 a damaged area resulting from this. [L abrasio (as ABRADE)]