Suddent
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of sudden. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
""Oysters and whitebait and a tin of pate, peaches and a pineapple and one of our fowls; well, a woman might like to give herself a nice little dinner once in a while, but not a bottle of wine at four shillings and a three and sixpenny tin of cigarettes, for I never will believe she's took to drink and smoking of a suddent, so own up, Mr. Widgett, it's a little dinner-party on your account.""
Example
More examples""Oysters and whitebait and a tin of pate, peaches and a pineapple and one of our fowls; well, a woman might like to give herself a nice little dinner once in a while, but not a bottle of wine at four shillings and a three and sixpenny tin of cigarettes, for I never will believe she's took to drink and smoking of a suddent, so own up, Mr. Widgett, it's a little dinner-party on your account.""
Etymology
From Middle English sodand, alternative form of sodeyn, by reanalysis of the ending as -and, -end, -ent (“present participle suffix”).
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