sudden
Meaning
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- Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
- (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Synonyms
scorching heat
fit of anger
grow quickly
unforseen
Tang Dynasty
precipitiously
unespected
not thought of
subitaneous
to deduct
unexpected misfortune
abrupt death
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sud‧den
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌdən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
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