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surprisation

surprisation noun: the act of being surprised.

Noun

surprisation (uncountable)

  1. (proscribed, rare) The act of being surprised.
    • He was speaking of Christ's conversion with Nicodemus and remarked that many things Nicodemus heard that evening, "must have been a great surprisation to him!” which was undoubtedly the case.2008, William Wye Smith, Scott Alan McLean, Michael Easton Vance, William Wye Smith: Recollections of a Nineteenth Century Scottish Canadian, →ISBN
    • Five of the men, all whites, rushed into the apartment, with loaded drawn guns, pointing in different directions, intent on preemptive shooting to surprisation of the presumed intruders, as they entered.2010, Sunday Ahuronyeze Abakwue, The Devil's Land, →ISBN

Origin of surprisation

From surprise + -ation.

Questions about surprisation

What does surprisation mean?
Surprisation means the act of being surprised.
What part of speech is surprisation?
Surprisation is a noun.

Words near surprisation in the dictionary

  1. surprints
  2. surpris'd
  3. surprisable
  4. surprisal
  5. surprisals
  6. surprisation
  7. surprise
  8. Surprise Bay
  9. surprise lily
  10. surprise parties
  11. surprise party

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