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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, n.
An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
{All of a sudden}, {On a sudden}, {Of a sudden}, sooner than
was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly.
How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! --Milton.
He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden.
--Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein OF sodain, sudain, F.
soudain, L. subitaneus, fr subitus sudden, that has come
unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on to steal upon sub
under secretly + ire to go See {Issue}, and cf
{Subitaneous}.]
1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief
notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common
preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. ``O sudden wo!''
--Chaucer. ``For fear of sudden death.'' --Shak.
Sudden fear troubleth thee. --Job xxii.
10.
2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
Never was such a sudden scholar made --Shak.
The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the
sudden eye. --Milton.
3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. --
{Sud"den*ly}, adv -- {Sud"den*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, adv
Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]
Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sudden
adj : happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a
sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"
[ant: {gradual}]
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