- 1. a. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. Source: opted
- 2. a. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. Source: opted
- 3. adj. tending to vanish like vapor Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Hawthorne. 2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 s. tending to vanish like vapor Source: ecdict
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