† preruptadj.

Forms: 1600s–1700s praerupt, 1600s–1800s prerupt.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeruptus.

Etymology: < classical Latin praeruptus broken off, cut short, precipitous, abrupt, hasty, rash, use as adjective of past participle of praerumpere to break off short < prae- pre- prefix + rumpere to break (see rumpent n.).

Obsolete.

1. Broken off. rare.

ΚΠ

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. 1096 The beginning of this booke, and the greater part thereof immediatly ensuing, is lost..thus it sheweth a prærupt and broken front as ye see.

2. Precipitous, steep; = abrupt adj. 5. In later use chiefly poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective] > steep or precipitous

prerupt1603

precipitate1615

precipitating1615

precipitious1631

precipit1648

precipitous1660

skerrya1800

steeped-to1858

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1282 Prerupt and craggy rocks.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. (ed. 2) 75 They could not with their whole forces beset the place round, because it was prerupt in all the circuit.

1726 W. Thompson Poet. Paraphr. on Job 14 An infant Brood scarce fledg'd, with first Essay Of feeble Wing up-born o'er barren Waste Or Cliff prerupt, they roam.

1798 G. Thompson Sentimental Tour 274 The creeping drowsy river Wear, along whose sloping and prerupt banks the trees and shrubs afford a snug retreat.

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 729 Yon craigs prerupt, which o'er the murky glare Of crimsoned smoke, their gloomy ledges shoot.

1831 J. Wilson Unimore vii. 254 Disjoined with horrid chasms prerupt.

3. Disjointed, jerky; sudden, unexpected; = abrupt adj. 3. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried

hastivea1325

raplyc1390

runninga1400

rapec1410

precipitate1545

hasty1560

abrupt1576

festinate1598

breathless1606

hasteful1610

precipitatedc1625

arreptitious1653

hurried1667

prerupt1727

hurry-scurry1732

rush1879

rushed1888

scampered1894

rush-round1903

rushy1976

drive-by1992

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque

short1390

cutted1530

snappish1542

abrupt1578

stunt1581

blunt1590

brusquea1639

snapping1642

blatec1650

brisk1665

bluff1705

offhand1708

prerupt1727

squab1737

prompt1768

crisp1814

brief1818

stuntya1825

curt1831

snappy1834

bluffy1844

nebby1873

offhandish1886

nebsy1894

1727 L. Welsted Disc. to Sir R. Walpole 6 These [other modern languages] being, for the most part, either too harsh and prærupt, or else unenergetic thro' their diffuseness.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert Introd. p. xxxi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I Transferring the said calumnious reports to my ears in a prerupt and unseemly manner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prerupt
释义	† preruptadj. Forms: 1600s–1700s praerupt, 1600s–1800s prerupt. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeruptus. Etymology: < classical Latin praeruptus broken off, cut short, precipitous, abrupt, hasty, rash, use as adjective of past participle of praerumpere to break off short < prae- pre- prefix + rumpere to break (see rumpent n.). Obsolete. 1. Broken off. rare. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. 1096 The beginning of this booke, and the greater part thereof immediatly ensuing, is lost..thus it sheweth a prærupt and broken front as ye see. 2. Precipitous, steep; = abrupt adj. 5. In later use chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective] > steep or precipitous prerupt1603 precipitate1615 precipitating1615 precipitious1631 precipit1648 precipitous1660 skerrya1800 steeped-to1858 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1282 Prerupt and craggy rocks. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. (ed. 2) 75 They could not with their whole forces beset the place round, because it was prerupt in all the circuit. 1726 W. Thompson Poet. Paraphr. on Job 14 An infant Brood scarce fledg'd, with first Essay Of feeble Wing up-born o'er barren Waste Or Cliff prerupt, they roam. 1798 G. Thompson Sentimental Tour 274 The creeping drowsy river Wear, along whose sloping and prerupt banks the trees and shrubs afford a snug retreat. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 729 Yon craigs prerupt, which o'er the murky glare Of crimsoned smoke, their gloomy ledges shoot. 1831 J. Wilson Unimore vii. 254 Disjoined with horrid chasms prerupt. 3. Disjointed, jerky; sudden, unexpected; = abrupt adj. 3. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried hastivea1325 raplyc1390 runninga1400 rapec1410 precipitate1545 hasty1560 abrupt1576 festinate1598 breathless1606 hasteful1610 precipitatedc1625 arreptitious1653 hurried1667 prerupt1727 hurry-scurry1732 rush1879 rushed1888 scampered1894 rush-round1903 rushy1976 drive-by1992 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque short1390 cutted1530 snappish1542 abrupt1578 stunt1581 blunt1590 brusquea1639 snapping1642 blatec1650 brisk1665 bluff1705 offhand1708 prerupt1727 squab1737 prompt1768 crisp1814 brief1818 stuntya1825 curt1831 snappy1834 bluffy1844 nebby1873 offhandish1886 nebsy1894 1727 L. Welsted Disc. to Sir R. Walpole 6 These [other modern languages] being, for the most part, either too harsh and prærupt, or else unenergetic thro' their diffuseness. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert Introd. p. xxxi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I Transferring the said calumnious reports to my ears in a prerupt and unseemly manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1600
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