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evanescent

[ ev-uh-nes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
  2. tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.


evanescent

/ ˌɛəˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing
  2. ephemeral or transitory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ𱹲ˈԱԳ, noun
  • ˌ𱹲ˈԱԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Ա·Գ noun
  • ··Ա·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDz···Ա·Գ adjective
  • non···Ա·Գ· adverb
  • ܲ···Ա·Գ adjective
  • un···Ա·Գ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of evanescent1

First recorded in 1700–1805; from Latin ŧŧԳ- (stem of ŧŧŧԲ ) “vanishing, disappearing”; evanesce, -ent
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It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.

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The writing had been individual attempts to capture moments, feelings, impulses; the reshaping was to shift those evanescent feelings into a coherent form.

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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.

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You want the fastest, easiest way to get that pile of evanescently sweet, nubby cobs on the table, ready for butter-slathering and gleeful chomping.

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