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| 1. | vanishing; fading away; fleeting. |
| 2. | tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible. |
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evanescent
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| ev·a·nes·cent
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adj. Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor. ev'a·nes'cent·ly adv. |
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evanescent
1717, from L. evanescentem (nom. evanescens), prp. of evanescere "disappear, vanish," from ex- "out" + vanescere "vanish."
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| evanescent | |
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| tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty" |
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- Of short duration; passing away quickly.
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Main Entry: ev·a·nes·cent
Pronunciation: "ev-&-'nes-&nt
Function: adjective
: tending to disappear quickly :
of relatively short duration <an evanescent rash>
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Evanescent
Ev`a*nes"cent\, a. [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere.]1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. --Hawthorne. 2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. --Wollaston.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Evanescent
Van"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanu["i]r, F. s'['e]vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land. The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer. Go; vanish into air; away! --Shak. The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning. --Sir W. Scott. Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. --Hawthorne. 2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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