sudden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Happening quickly and without warning.

   A sudden storm blew our solar panels off the roof.

Common collocations

• sudden death Adjective + noun
• sudden drop Adjective + noun
• sudden jump Adjective + noun
• sudden anger Adjective + noun
• sudden closeness Adjective + noun

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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