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Surprise

/səˈpraɪz/

An unexpected event, fact, or feeling that catches someone off guard.

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"On the whole, that rather surprises me.

He is not surprised by Ignatz the lift-boy.

'He had quite a childish love of surprising people.

Derived from the Old French "surprendre" meaning to overtake, from sur- (over) and prendre (to take). Adopted into English in the Middle Ages.

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