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Evanescent

Evanescent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Evanescent? [adj] tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Evanescent: impermanent \| temporary Related Terms \| Find terms related to Evanescent: atomic \| brittle \| capricious \| changeable \| corpuscular \| corruptible \| deciduous \| disappearing \| dissolving \| dying \| embryonic \| ephemeral \| evaporating \| fading \| fickle \| fleeting \| flitting \| fly-by-night \| flying \| fragile \| frail \| fugacious \| fugitive \| germinal \| granular \| impalpable \| imperceptible \| impermanent \| impetuous \| imponderable \| impulsive \| inappreciable \| inconstant \| indiscernible \| infinitesimal \| insubstantial \| intangible \| invisible \| melting \| microcosmic \| microscopic \| molecular \| momentary \| mortal \| mutable \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| passing \| perishable \| short-lived \| subatomic \| temporal \| temporary \| tenuous \| thin \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| ultramicroscopic \| undurable \| unenduring \| unseeable \| unstable \| vanishing \| volatile See Also \| Evanescent In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Evanescent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Evanescent?

[adj] tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Evanescent: impermanent | temporary

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Evanescent In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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