misappearancen.
/ˌmɪsəˈpɪərəns/, /ˌmɪsəˈpɪərn̩s/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈpɪr(ə)ns/ rare.† 1. A failure to appear. Obsolete.
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a1683 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (1714) 116 If Judgment be given against the Tenant or Defendant as upon a Misappearance, because the principal Party does not appear.
2. An appearance in an abnormal or unusual form.
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1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 39 Certain priests..appeared to the children..like dead horses; and many the like misappearances.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 186 On his last misappearance, circling the square, for the deathfête of Saint Ignaceous Poisonivy,..the shining keyman of the wilds of change.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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