apparition
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əˈrɪʃ noun
1.
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith: a ghostly apparition at midnight.
2.
anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling: the surprising apparition of cowboys in New York City.
3.
an act of appearing; manifestation.
4.
Astronomy. the appearance or time when a comet, especially a periodic one, is visible: the 1986 apparition of Halley's comet.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English apparicio(u)n < Anglo-French, Old French < Late Latin appāritiōn- (stem of appāritiō, as calque of Greek epipháneia epiphany), equivalent to Latin appārit(us) (past participle of appārēre; see appear) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50; late Middle English apparicio(u)n < Anglo-French, Old French < Late Latin appāritiōn- (stem of appāritiō, as calque of Greek epipháneia epiphany), equivalent to Latin appārit(us) (past participle of appārēre; see appear) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
ap·pa·ri·tion·al, adjective
non·ap·pa·ri·tion·al, adjective
Synonyms
1. spirit, shade. Apparition, phantasm, phantom are terms for a supernatural appearance. An apparition of a person or thing is an immaterial appearance that seems real, and is generally sudden or startling in its manifestation: an apparition of a headless horseman. Both phantom and phantasm denote an illusory appearance, as in a dream; the former may be pleasant, while the latter is usually frightening: a phantom of loveliness; a monstrous phantasm.
1. spirit, shade. Apparition, phantasm, phantom are terms for a supernatural appearance. An apparition of a person or thing is an immaterial appearance that seems real, and is generally sudden or startling in its manifestation: an apparition of a headless horseman. Both phantom and phantasm denote an illusory appearance, as in a dream; the former may be pleasant, while the latter is usually frightening: a phantom of loveliness; a monstrous phantasm.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an appearance, esp of a ghost or ghostlike figure |
| 2. | the figure so appearing; phantom; spectre |
| 3. | the act of appearing or being visible |
| [C15: from Late Latin appāritiō, from Latin: attendance, from appārēre to | |
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Word Origin & History
apparition
1520s, from Anglo-Fr. aparicion, from O.Fr. apparition, used in reference to the Epiphany (revealing of Christ child to the Wise Men), from L.L. apparitionem (nom. apparitio) "an appearance," also "attendants," in classical Latin "service, servants," from pp. stem of apparere "appear" (see
appear). Meaning "ghost" first recorded c.1600.
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Example sentences
The apparition informed us he had more right to the path than any folks living.
At first, the apparition is happy to be free of his physical constraints and is raring to change the fortunes of any and all.
The water was murky, which only added to the mood of unworldly discovery this bizarre apparition is clearly meant to impart.
Yet I was greatly disturbed at the apparition.
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