Associations to the word «Evanescent»

Wiktionary

EVANESCENT, adjective. Vanishing, disappearing.
EVANESCENT, adjective. Ephemeral, momentary, fleeting.
EVANESCENT, adjective. Barely there; almost imperceptible.

Dictionary definition

EVANESCENT, adjective. Tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope