† showancen.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: show n.¹, -ance suffix.

Etymology: < show n.¹ + -ance suffix. N.E.D. (1914) gives the pronunciation as (ʃō^u·ăns) /ˈʃəʊəns/.

Obsolete.

The fact of showing something or of being shown; display, appearance. Also: something that is shown as proof.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

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semblanta1225

sightc1275

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guise1340

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semblance?a1366

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imagec1384

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paintry1573

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scheme1655

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remark1748

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exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1820 H. Homburgh Fragm. Hist. John Bull xii. 147 He could not bring himself to give entire credit, even to their own boasts, and showance of such wicked designs.

1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 99 Showance, something to show as a proof, such as a written note.

1888 A. Cooper In & out of Rebel Prisons xvi. 164 He called Dock, told him to get up and look at our ‘showance’.

1892 G. H. Starr in A. N. Blakeman Personal Recoll. War of Rebellion (1897) 92 I pleaded that I was a soldier on furlough. They asked me for my ‘showance’, and remarked that the surgeon was a damn fool to write a showance with a lead pencil.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 3 Sole the showance those of my onward earth-track—Never transcended!

1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vii. ix. 346 My only course To make good showance to posterity Was to implant my line upon the throne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	showance
释义	† showancen. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: show n.¹, -ance suffix. Etymology: < show n.¹ + -ance suffix. N.E.D. (1914) gives the pronunciation as (ʃō^u·ăns) /ˈʃəʊəns/. Obsolete. The fact of showing something or of being shown; display, appearance. Also: something that is shown as proof. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1820 H. Homburgh Fragm. Hist. John Bull xii. 147 He could not bring himself to give entire credit, even to their own boasts, and showance of such wicked designs. 1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 99 Showance, something to show as a proof, such as a written note. 1888 A. Cooper In & out of Rebel Prisons xvi. 164 He called Dock, told him to get up and look at our ‘showance’. 1892 G. H. Starr in A. N. Blakeman Personal Recoll. War of Rebellion (1897) 92 I pleaded that I was a soldier on furlough. They asked me for my ‘showance’, and remarked that the surgeon was a damn fool to write a showance with a lead pencil. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 3 Sole the showance those of my onward earth-track—Never transcended! 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd vii. ix. 346 My only course To make good showance to posterity Was to implant my line upon the throne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1820
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