abruption
English edit
Etymology edit
abrupt + -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abruption (plural abruptions)
- (archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1837, Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cowley:
- By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight.
- 1996, Richard Taruskin, Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, page 336:
- After a startling abruption and a slow recovery, the canonic process is resumed at [7], with a whole slew of redundant entries on the last phrase.
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abruption”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
- “abruption”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “abruption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.