evanescence

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /ˌɛvəˈnɛsəns/ UK /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/
noun Freq #198988

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

    the evanescence of the morning mist

  2. 2
    noun

    The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.

    We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful

  3. 3
    noun

    The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.

    the evanescence of the morning mist.

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Word family
Related forms ephemeralevanesce

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.

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