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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēvānēscēns, present participle of ēvānēscō (“I vanish, I fade away, I lapse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
evanescence (countable and uncountable, plural evanescences)
- 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;
- The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
- the evanescence of the morning mist.
Translations
fading and vanishing from sight
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