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   sudden

   /ˈsʌdn/

   adjective

   • 1. occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning: "a sudden bright flash"

   adverb

   • 1. suddenly: literary, informal "sudden there swooped an eagle downward"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sudein, from an alteration of Latin subitaneus, from subitus ‘sudden’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. suddenness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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