Evanescent

[Ev`a*nes·cent]

A beautiful sunset, a rainbow, a wonderful dream right before your alarm clock goes off all of these could be described as evanescent, which means “fleeting” or “temporary.”

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Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

Adjective S.
tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"


a.
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

a.
Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.


Evanescent

Ev`a*nes"cent , a. [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere.] 1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.
So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars.
2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.
The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent.

Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

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Usage Examples

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.

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Other Usage Examples

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

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