a (obsolete|rare) Broken away (from restraint). (defdate|Attested only in the late 16th century.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =8| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
a Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. (defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.)
a curt | Curt in manner; brusque; rude; uncivil; impolite. (defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.)
a Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. (defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.)
a Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. (defdate|First attested in the early 17th century.)
a (botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate. (defdate|First attested in the early 19th century.)
v (context|transitive|archaic) To tear off or asunder. (defdate|First attested in the mid 17th century.)
n (poetic) Something which is #Adjective | abrupt; an abyss. (defdate|First attested in the mid 17th century.)