SURPRIZE
Noun
surprize (countable and uncountable, plural surprizes)
(now, rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise
Verb
surprize (third-person singular simple present surprizes, present participle surprizing, simple past and past participle surprized)
(now, rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise
Usage notes
The z spelling was as common as the s spelling into the early 1700s, but has been rare ever since, and is now nonstandard.
Source: Wiktionary
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11 May 2024
FATIGUE
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
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