According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SURPRISAL
surprise, surprisal
(noun) the act of surprising someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
surprisal (countable and uncountable, plural surprisals)
(obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. [16th-19th c.]
(obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares. [17th c.]
(obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence. [17th-19th c.]
(obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement. [17th-19th c.]
An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that the number of choices equals 2n where n is the number of bits.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur*pris"al, n. Etym: [See Surprise, n.]
Definition: The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise. How to secure the lady from surprisal. Milton. Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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