Ab*rupt" (?), n. [L. abruptum.]
An abrupt place. [Poetic]
"Over the vast
abrupt."
Milton.
Ab*rupt", v. t. To tear off or
asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T.
Browne.
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.