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evanescent
lasting only a short time before fading away
Synonyms
Antonyms
- lasting
- enduring
- permanent
evanescent in a sentence
The rainbow's evanescent colors vanished as the storm moved east.
The photographer waited all morning to capture the evanescent glow just before sunrise.
Where it comes from
From Latin evanescere, meaning 'to vanish or fade away.'
Memory hook
EVANESCENT sounds like 'evanesce': it vanishes almost as it appears.
Read it in context
- The Clockmaker's Fever Narrative
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