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surprisable, a.|səˈpraɪzəb(ə)l|
[f. surprise v. + -able.]
1. That may be surprised; liable to surprise or unexpected attack.
a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 415 Upon intelligence that the Castle of Carlile..was surprisable. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 52 Rendring us..the more secure, and consequently the more surprizable. 1865Swinburne Chastelard iv. i. 150 Is not your spirit surprisable in sleep? Have you no evil dreams?
¶2. Causing surprise, surprising. (illiterate.)
1782F. Burney Cecilia v. xii, A little mean-looking man..whispered,..‘It's surprizeable to me..you can behave so out of the way!’ |