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evanescent
Meaning: lasting only a short time before fading away
evanescent in a sentence
How evanescent is used in real sentences:
The rainbow's evanescent colors vanished as the storm moved east.
The photographer waited all morning to capture the evanescent glow just before sunrise.
“For months, Gideon had suffered evanescent attacks: a stabbing beneath the ribs, a metallic taste, then perfect ease before any neighbor could fetch help.”
— from the passage The Clockmaker's Fever
Synonyms for evanescent
Other words for evanescent — fleeting, transient and ephemeral — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of evanescent
Words that mean the opposite of evanescent:
- lasting
- enduring
- permanent
Where it comes from
From Latin evanescere, meaning 'to vanish or fade away.'
Word parts
- vac/van/void — empty
evanescent: e- (away; form of ex-) + van (empty) + -escent (becoming)
Memory hook
EVANESCENT sounds like 'evanesce': it vanishes almost as it appears.
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