2. Verb. (third-person singular of abrupt) ¹
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Definition of Abrupts
1. abrupt [n] - See also: abrupt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abrupts
Literary usage of Abrupts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How Should I Pronounce?: Or, The Principles of the Art of Correct by William Henry Pinkney Phyfe (1889)
"(3) The abrupts. This is the third class of sub-vocals,—so- called from the
abruptness of their termination. ..."
2. The Phonographic Instructor: Being an Introduction to the Corresponding by James Curtis Booth (1855)
"These four lines might represent four abrupts, but as there are only three, ...
Since all the abrupts have both a whispered, or light, and a spoken, ..."
3. The Complete Phonographer, and Reporter's Guide: An Inductive Exposition of by James Eugene Munson (1896)
"Such sounds may be represented in Phonography by the signs of the abrupts with
a short waved line written through them; th us, X represents the sound of ..."
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