Meaning

noun an abrupt discourteous manner

noun the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

originEtymology tree Latin abrumpō Latin abruptusbor. English abrupt Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English abruptness From abrupt + -ness.

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