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apparition

Syllabification: (ap·pa·ri·tion)
Pronunciation: /ˌapəˈriSHən/

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Definition of apparition

noun

  • a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
  • the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, typically an image of this type:twentieth-century apparitions of the Virgin

Derivatives

apparitional

Pronunciation: /-SHənl/

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'the action of appearing'): from Latin apparitio(n-) 'attendance', from the verb apparere (see appear)

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