Dictionary entry

Evanescent

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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, in some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.