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Introduction and abbreviations ... Look up evanescent at Dictionary.com ... The Online Etymology Dictionary...
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Etymology: Latin evanescent-, evanescens, present participle of evanescere ... Learn more about "Evanescent" ... Learn more about "Evanescent" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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a tendency to evanesce; evanescent quality; transitoriness ... Etymology: ML evanescentia: see evanescent ... evanescent field...
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Origin of evanescent – Our etymology dictionary has the origin of the word evanescent. Encyclopedia.com: Origins of over 17,000 words. ... evanescent; Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...chiefly poetic/lit. soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing:
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... evanescent - Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes; evanescent - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology; evanescent - A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...
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The fragile, airy quality of things "evanescent" reflects the word's etymology. "Evanescent" derives from the Latin verb "evanescere," which means "to evaporate" or "to vanish." English has several other words that mean lasting or staying only a short time.
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A vanishing away; gradual departure or disappearance; dissipation, as of vapor. The sudden evanescence of his reward. Johnson, ... The quality of being evanescent; liability to vanish and escape observation or possession: as, the evanescence of mist or dew; the evanescence of earthly hopes ... from evanescent: see -ence.
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Evanescent: Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor. ... fleeting: as, the pleasures and joys of life are evanescent. We cannot approach beauty. Its nature is, like opaline doves' neck lustres, hovering and evanescent. Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 162. In 1604 the astronomer Kepler … saw, between Jupiter and Saturn,
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