'Evanescent' definitions:
Definition of 'evanescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
Definition of 'Evanescent'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. [1913 Webster]
- The difference between right and wrong, in some petty cases, is almost evanescent. --Wollaston. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'evanescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomic,
- brittle,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- corpuscular,
- corruptible,
- deciduous,
- disappearing,
- dissolving,
- dying,
- embryonic,
- ephemeral,
- evaporating,
- fading,
- fickle,
- fleeting,
- flitting,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- frail,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- germinal,
- granular,
- impalpable,
- imperceptible,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- imponderable,
- impulsive,
- inappreciable,
- inconstant,
- indiscernible,
- infinitesimal,
- insubstantial,
- intangible,
- invisible,
- melting,
- microcosmic,
- microscopic,
- molecular,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mutable,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- passing,
- perishable,
- short-lived,
- subatomic,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- ultramicroscopic,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unseeable,
- unstable,
- vanishing,
- volatile