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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these
particulars. --Hawthorne.
2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.
The difference between right and wrong is some
petty cases, is almost evanescent. --Wollaston.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
evanescent
adj : tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
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