ev|a|nes|cence

ev|a|nes|cence
ev|a|nes|cence «EHV uh NEHS uhns», noun.
1. a gradual disappearance; fading away; vanishing: »

The gradual evanescence of dogmatic teaching (W. E. H. Lecky).

2. a tendency to disappear or fade away; inability to last long: »

This evanescence and lubricity of all objects…lets them slip through our fingers (Emerson).


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