Both Uses of
apparition
in
Middlemarch
- But after the introduction, the conversation did not lead to any question about his family, and the startling apparition of youthfulness was forgotten by every one but Celia.†
Chpt 1apparition = a ghostlike figure or its appearance
- His bushy light-brown curls, as well as his youthfulness, identified him at once with Celia's apparition.†
Chpt 1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(apparition as in: a headless apparition) a ghostlike figure or its appearance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, apparition can refer to any strange, other-worldly, thing or its appearance. Even more rarely, apparition can by a synonym for appearance. The Harry Potter series uses the word both ways.