evanescent
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- adjective
- /ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt/
- Literature
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evanescente
- The beauty of the sunset was evanescent, disappearing within moments as night fell.
- evanescent and ephemeral
- evanescent wave
This also works for evanescent waves, which usually get lost.
- This also works for evanescent waves, which usually get lost.
- The Escapist is not so subservient to the whims of evanescent fashion as are these opponents.
- They are clouds and evanescent mist like those imaginative representations.
Examples
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"The songs were personal, unpremeditated, and evanescent, which made them extremely difficult to capture.
Academic text (2014) -
My angel, age three, sat on a footstool and flashed one after another of her evanescent, charming smiles.
Fiction book (1991) -
What follows is meant to explain to a wider public what that evanescent explosion of passion and reason was about.
Academic text (2002) -
The traffic of essential goods transformed into evanescent beauty: what could be more Venetian?
Academic text (2008) -
Pat Buchanan and David Duke enjoyed only evanescent celebrity status.
Academic text (1994) -
For centuries, Verid had begun her day watching these brilliant evanescent creatures in their garden, contemplating her own fate.
Fiction book (1998) -
Wisps of vapor drifted across the face of the asteroid, veiling its cratered surface with an evanescent atmosphere.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her joy was evanescent, fading quickly after she received the disappointing news.
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The evanescent nature of childhood makes those moments all the more precious.
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Etymology
Evanescent comes from the old Latin verb evanescere, which means 'to disappear', and it is related to the familiar English word vanish. So, think of a mist or a colour that quickly fades away — that's why evanescent means 'lasting only a short time'.