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apparitional
ap·pa·ri·tion A0375400 (ăp′ə-rĭsh′ən)n.1. A ghostly figure; a specter.2. A sudden or unusual sight: "[The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals and juxtapositions call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon" (Herbert Muschamp).3. The act of appearing; appearance.
[Middle English apparicioun, from Old French apparition, from Late Latin appāritiō, appāritiōn-, an appearance, from Latin appāritus, past participle of appārēre, to appear; see appear.]
ap′pa·ri′tion·al adj.apparitional (ˌæpəˈrɪʃənəl) adjof or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectralThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | apparitional - resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritualsupernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" |
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Synonyms for apparitionaladj resembling or characteristic of a phantomSynonyms- ghostlike
- ghostly
- phantasmal
- spectral
- spiritual
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