surprins

Middle French

Adjective

surprins m (feminine singular surprinse, masculine plural surprins, feminine plural surprinses)

  1. surprised
  2. overcome (with emotion, pain, etc.)
    • 1545, Homer (translation by M. Hugues Salel), Les Dix premiers livres de l'Iliade d'Homere, prince des poetes, page CCLIIII
      Le preux Hector fut surprins de douleur, Voyant mourir son Seruant de valeur.
      The valiant Hector was overcome with pain, seeing his cherished servant die.

Verb

surprins

  1. past participle of surprendre
  2. masculine plural of the past participle of surprendre

Descendants
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