evanid

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English

Etymology

From Latin evanidus, from evanescere. See evanesce.

Pronunciation

Adjective

evanid (comparative more evanid, superlative most evanid)

  1. (obsolete) Liable to vanish; faint; weak; evanescent.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Profitableness of Godliness”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      all present enjoyments are transient and evanid; and of any future thing , in this kingdom of change

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “evanid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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