The sea was each little birds great playmate. . . . In their airy flutterings, they seemed to rest on the evanescent spray.
. . . making the ideal of my foolish girlhood seem as unsubstantial and evanescent as a dream in the glowing noontide.
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évanescent — évanescent, ente [ evanesɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1810; lat. evanescens, de evanescere « disparaître » ♦ Littér. Qui s amoindrit et disparaît graduellement. Image évanescente. ⇒ fugitif. Impression évanescente, qui s efface, s évanouit. ⊗ CONTR. Durable … Encyclopédie Universelle
evanescent — EVANESCÉNT, Ă, evanescenţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care se pierde, care dispare treptat. – Din fr. évanescent. Trimis de laurap, 06.03.2005. Sursa: DEX 98 evanescént adj. m., pl. evanescénţi; f. sg. evanescéntă, pl … Dicționar Român
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
évanescent — évanescent, ente (é va nè ssan, ssan t ) adj. Terme didactique. Qui s évanouit, s efface, disparaît. Terme de botanique. Nectaire évanescent, celui qui s amoindrit à mesure que le fruit se développe et qui finit par disparaître. ÉTYMOLOGIE… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
evanescent — 1717, from Fr. évanescent, from L. evanescentem (nom. evanescens), prp. of evanescere disappear, vanish, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vanescere vanish (see VANISH (Cf. vanish)) … Etymology dictionary
evanescent — index elusive, ephemeral, indiscernible, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
evanescent — ephemeral, passing, fugitive, fleeting, *transient, transitory, momentary, short lived … New Dictionary of Synonyms
evanescent — [adj] transient brief, disappearing, fading, fleeting, momentary, passing, shortlived, temporary, tenuous, vanishing; concepts 551,798 … New thesaurus
evanescent — ► ADJECTIVE chiefly literary ▪ quickly fading from sight, memory, or existence. DERIVATIVES evanesce verb evanescence noun. ORIGIN from Latin evanescere disappear … English terms dictionary
evanescent — [ev΄ənes′ənt] adj. [< L evanescens, prp.: see EVANESCE] tending to pass away or fade from sight like mist or smoke; ephemeral SYN. TRANSIENT evanescently adv … English World dictionary
