evanescent
Americanadjective
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passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing
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ephemeral or transitory
Other Word Forms
- evanescence noun
- evanescently adverb
- nonevanescent adjective
- nonevanescently adverb
- unevanescent adjective
- unevanescently adverb
Etymology
Origin of evanescent
First recorded in 1700–1805; from Latin ēvānēscent- (stem of ēvānēscēns ) “vanishing, disappearing”; evanesce, -ent
Example Sentences
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It can be evanescent, exposing weaknesses or revealing strengths and talent.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.
From Los Angeles Times
The writing had been individual attempts to capture moments, feelings, impulses; the reshaping was to shift those evanescent feelings into a coherent form.
From Los Angeles Times
Climate change has made the evanescent sport more precarious.
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But it was in his novel “Next Season,” which I’m always foisting on theater friends, that Blakemore managed to capture the evanescent world of the stage in all its heartbreak and glory.
From Los Angeles Times
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