evanescent

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ev·a·nes·cent

(ĕv′ə-nĕs′ənt)

adj.

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

ev′a·nes′cent·ly adv.

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evanescent

(ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt)

adj

1. passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing

2. ephemeral or transitory

ˌevaˈnescence n

ˌevaˈnescently adv

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ev•a•nes•cent

(ˌɛv əˈnɛs ənt)

adj.

vanishing; fading away.

[1745–55; < Latin ēvānēscent-, s. of ēvānēscēns]

ev`a•nes′cent•ly, adv.

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Adj.

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

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evanescent

adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time:

ephemeral, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory.

Translations

évanescent

evanescente

evanescent

[ˌiːvəˈnesnt] ADJ (liter) → evanescente, fugaz, efímero

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evanescent

adj (Liter) → vergänglich

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ev·a·nes·cent

a. evanescente, que se desvanece, efímero-a.

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What, then, would it avail the reader to know their names, or the evanescent symbols of their martial rank!