The Devil's Dictionary: Abrupt
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
ABRUPT
-adj.
Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon-shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption."
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