abruption

English

Etymology

abrupt +‎ -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹʌp.ʃn̩/

Noun

abruption (plural abruptions)

  1. (archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  2. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 8
  • abruption in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • abruption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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