Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonappearance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-ap-pear-ance
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English noon apparans, noon apparaunce, noun apperaunce; equivalent to non- + appearance.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nonappearances (plural) non-appearance (alternative)

Questions

What does nonappearance mean?
A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.
Where does nonappearance come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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