apparency en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English apparancie, from Latin appārentia. Doublet of apparence and appearance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
the non-apparency of either or both being accounted for by the disproportion of our senses
1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Appearance.
- (countable, uncountable) The position of being heir apparent.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apparencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| apparence | alternative | lexicographic |