evanescent
adjective/ˌevəˈnesnt/, /ˌiːvəˈnesnt/
/ˌevəˈnesnt/, /ˌiːvəˈnesnt/
(literary)- disappearing quickly from sight or memory
- the evanescent morning dew of a sunny day
- Talk is evanescent, writing leaves footprints.
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing’, from the verb evanescere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vanus ‘empty’.Want to learn more?
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