abruption
English
Etymology
abrupt + -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌpʃən
Noun
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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Related terms
- abrupt
- abruptive
- abruptly
- abruptness
- placental abruption
References
- 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
- abruption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913