Evanescence Definition

evənesəns
noun
A gradual disappearance.
Webster's New World
A tendency to evanesce; evanescent quality; transitoriness.
Webster's New World

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.

The evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. --Rambler.
Wiktionary

The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.

The evanescence of the morning mist.
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Other Word Forms of Evanescence

Noun

Singular:
evanescence
Plural:
evanescences

Origin of Evanescence

  • Borrowing from Latin ēvānēscēns, present participle of ēvānēscō (“I vanish, I fade away, I lapse”).

    From Wiktionary

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