apparition
/ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
noun
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
noun
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
noun
A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
Example Sentences
- "the sudden apparition of the Spaniards"
- "The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world."
- "[…] which apparition, it seems, was you."
- "The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary."
- "The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there."
- "He spoke to the apparition, and although its lips did not move, he somehow heard its reply."
Etymology
From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: apparition, apparitio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/
- British English: /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/