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suddenness

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sudden/ˈsʌdn/

▶adjective occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly.

– phrases
(all) of a sudden (or archaic on a sudden) suddenly.

– derivatives
suddenly adverb,
suddenness noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. sudein, from an alt. of L. subitaneus, from subitus ‘sudden’.

'suddenness' also found in these Oxford entries:

precipitancy - sudden

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