evanescence

evanescence

See also: évanescence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvānēscēns, present participle of ēvānēscō (“I vanish, I fade away, I lapse”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.n̩s/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌiː.vəˈnes.n̩s/

Noun

evanescence (countable and uncountable, plural evanescences)

1. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
   • 1 September, 1759, 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 Ukrainian: зникання (uk) n (znykannja), щезання (uk) n (ščezannja); швидкоплинність (uk) f (švydkoplynnistʹ)

See also

• ephemeral