evanescence

See also: évanescence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

evanescence (countable and uncountable, plural evanescences)

1. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
   • 1759 September 1, Samuel Johnson, The Idler:

     We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful

2. The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.

   the evanescence of the morning mist.

Related terms

• evanesce

Translations

fading and vanishing from sight

Bokmål: flyktighet m or f, kortvarighet m or f Macedonian: исчезну́вање n (isčeznúvanje) Ukrainian: зникання n (znykannja), щезання n (ščezannja); швидкоплинність f (švydkoplynnistʹ)

See also

• ephemeral