English Online Dictionary. What means evanescence? What does evanescence mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēvānēscentia.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.əns/
Noun
evanescence (countable and uncountable, plural evanescences)
- The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
- The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
- the evanescence of the morning mist.
Related terms
- evanesce
Translations
See also
- ephemeral