ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- s… — The Devil's Dictionary
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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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