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   evanescent

   /ˌɛvəˈnɛsnt/

   adjective

   • 1. soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing: literary "the evanescent Arctic summer" Similar vanishingfadingevaporatingmelting awaydisappearingdiminishingdwindlingshrinkingfugitiverare:fugaciousephemeralfleetingshort-livedshort-termpassingtransitorytransientfugitivemomentarytemporarybriefhere today and gone tomorrowrare:fugaciousOpposite unlimitedpermanent
   • 2. denoting a field or wave which extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.

   Word Origin early 18th century (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing’, from the verb evanescere (see evanesce).

   Derivatives

   • 1. evanescence noun
   • 2. evanescently adverb

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   • Definition of evanescent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary disappearing quickly from sight or memory Talk is evanescent, writing leaves footprints. Definition of evanescent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does Evanescence mean?

   • evanescence (n.) 1751, "process of gradually vanishing;" see evanescent + -ence. Meaning "quality of being evanescent" is from 1830. Evanescency is attested from 1660s.

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   What does evanescere mean?

   • evanescent (ĕv″ă-nĕs′ĕnt) [L. evanescere, to vanish] Not permanent; of brief duration. Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners ev·a·nes·cent

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   • Something that is evanescent gradually disappears from sight or memory. ...the evanescent scents of summer herbs. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   A beautiful sunset, a rainbow, a wonderful dream right before your alarm clock goes off — all of these could be described as evanescent, which means “fleeting” or “temporary.”

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