abrupt /əˈbrəpt, əˈbrəpt 
/ ▸ adjective 1 sudden and unexpected: I was surprised by the abrupt change of subject
our round of golf came to an abrupt end on the 13th hole.
2 brief to the point of rudeness; curt: you were rather abrupt with that young man.
▪ (of a style of speech or writing) not flowing smoothly; disjointed: abrupt, epigrammatic paragraphs
an occasionally abrupt narrative.
3 steep; precipitous: the abrupt double peak of the mountain.
– DERIVATIVES abruptness /əˈbrəp(t)nəs, əˈbrəp(t)nəs / noun – ORIGIN late 16th century : from Latin abruptus ‘broken off, steep’, past participle of abrumpere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + rumpere ‘break’.
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