evanescent
ev·a·nes·cent (
v
-ns
nt)
adj.
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
eva·nescent·ly adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | evanescent – tending to vanish like vapor; “evanescent beauty”
impermanent, temporary – not permanent; not lasting; “politics is an impermanent factor of life”- James Thurber; “impermanent palm cottages”; “a temperary arrangement”; “temporary housing”
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