apparition
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• noun
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost, specter, or phantom.
"Local folklore claims that a pale apparition wanders the castle grounds on foggy autumn nights."
A remarkable, unexpected, or startling sight or person that comes suddenly into view.
"Covered in white flour from head to toe, the baker was a startling apparition in the darkened hallway."
In astronomy, the first appearance of a celestial body, especially a periodic comet or planet, after a period of being obscured or invisible.
"Astronomers calculated the exact date for the next favorable apparition of Halley's Comet."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle Ages from Old French apparition and Late Latin apparitio ('an appearance or attendance'), derived from the Latin verb apparere ('to come into view, appear'). Originally referring to any sudden manifestation or the Feast of the Epiphany, the word narrowed by the 17th century primarily to supernatural visions and ghosts.
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