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Definition of Surprisal
1. Noun. The act of surprising someone.
Generic synonyms: Disruption, Perturbation
Derivative terms: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Definition of Surprisal
1. n. The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
Definition of Surprisal
1. Noun. (obsolete military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares. (defdate 17th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence. (defdate 17th-19th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement. (defdate 17th-19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surprisal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surprisal
Literary usage of Surprisal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bloody Bridge: And Other Papers Relating to the Insurrection of 1641 by Thomas Fitzpatrick (1903)
"THE surprisal OF THE NEWRY. HAD every part of the programme sketched for themselves
... The event, as regards this town, was indeed a complete " surprisal. ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... and lavished upon him such extravagant encomiums,—his surprisal, with a large
force, of General Lee, unguarded, several miles distant from his army, ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"Nothing has happened since my last, though near a month ago, but the surprisal
of Stony Point by the Americans, where they made eight hundred prisoners. ..."
4. The Bloody Bridge: And Other Papers Relating to the Insurrection of 1641 by Thomas Fitzpatrick (1903)
"THE surprisal OF THE NEWRY. HAD every part of the programme sketched for themselves
... The event, as regards this town, was indeed a complete " surprisal. ..."
5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... and lavished upon him such extravagant encomiums,—his surprisal, with a large
force, of General Lee, unguarded, several miles distant from his army, ..."
6. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"Nothing has happened since my last, though near a month ago, but the surprisal
of Stony Point by the Americans, where they made eight hundred prisoners. ..."
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