evanescence

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/ (UK)

Definition of evanescence

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
    “We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
    “We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
    “the evanescence of the morning mist.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.

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