Abruptly pinnate \Abruptly pinnate\, abruptly-pinnate \abruptly-pinnate\adj. 1. (Bot.) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex, i.e. without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end; -- said of a leaf shape Syn: even-pinnate, paripinnate [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]