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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Evanescent \Ev`a*nes"cent\, a. [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr of evanescere.] 1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as evanescent joys. So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. --Hawthorne. 2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. The difference between right and wrong is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. --Wollaston. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: evanescent adj : tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
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