evanescent
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adjective \-sənt\Definition of EVANESCENT
: tending to vanish like vapor
See Examples of EVANESCENT
- <beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow>
Origin of EVANESCENT
Latin evanescent-, evanescens, present participle of evanescere
First Known Use: 1717
Related to EVANESCENT
- Synonyms
- brief, deciduous, ephemeral, momentary, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory
- Antonyms
- ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending
See Synonym Discussion at transient
Rhymes with EVANESCENT
ev·a·nes·cent
adjective \ˌev-ə-ˈnes-ənt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of EVANESCENT
: tending to disappear quickly : of relatively short duration <an evanescent rash>
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