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evanescent

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ev·a·nes·cent  (v-nsnt)
adj.
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
eva·nescent·ly adv.
evanescent [ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt]
adj
1. passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing
2. ephemeral or transitory
evanescence  n
evanescently  adv
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Adj.1.evanescent - tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
evanescent
adjective (Formal) ephemeral, passing, brief, fading, fleeting, vanishing, short-lived, fugitive, transient, momentary, transitory, impermanent, fugacious the evanescent effects of light and weather on the landscape
Translations
evanescent [ˌiːvəˈnesnt] ADJ (liter) → evanescente, fugaz, efímero
evanescent
adj (Liter) → vergänglich
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In times of strong emotion mankind disdain all base considerations; but such times are evanescent.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Upon the whole she felt gratified, even though such a limited and evanescent triumph should involve her daughter's reputation; it might end in marriage yet, and in the warmth of her responsiveness to their admiration she invited her visitors to stay to tea.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
It is rather an alteration of perspective, a shifting of our sense of proportion, a vivid realization that we are insignificant and evanescent creatures, existing on sufferance and at the mercy of the first chill wind from the unknown.
The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
 
 
 
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