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evanescent
What does evanescent mean?
evanescent (adjective): tending to vanish like vapor.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use evanescent in a sentence?
- Evanescent beauty. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce evanescent?
/ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does evanescent come from?
Borrowed from French évanescent (“evanescent”), from Latin ēvānēscēns (“disappearing, vanishing”), present participle of ēvānēscō (“to disappear, vanish; to die out, fade away; to lapse”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to evanescent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “evanescent” mean?
capable of being anticipated
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tending to vanish like vapor
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full of trivial conversation
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unfit for a position or task
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