Surprise

What “Surprise” means

Noun

1. Something unexpected.
2. Something unexpected.
3. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

Verb

1. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
2. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
3. To undergo or witness something unexpected.
4. To cause surprise.
5. To attack unexpectedly.

Intj

1. Drawing attention to a surprising action by oneself.
2. Drawing attention to something that should have been obvious.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.

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