evanescence

[ ev-uh-nes-uhns ]

noun

1. the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence:

   the evanescence of dreams.

2. the act or fact of vanishing quickly:

   The target audience is left only with the dominant message after the evanescence of the advertisement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of evanescence¹

evanesc(ent) ( def ) + -ence ( def )

Example Sentences

Announced opening acts for the tour include L.A.-based pop rock band Wallows, emo staples Death Cab for Cutie and Evanescence as well as modern troupes 100 gecs and IDLES.

From Los Angeles Times

Amy Lee, the lead singer of the American rock band Evanescence, gets some limelight from Halsey too.

From Salon

The singer called Lee, "my OG dark rock queen," and chose to mimic Evanescence's album cover for the rock band's first album, "Fallen," which features a young, emo Lee with her eyebrow piercing, jet-black hair and crystal blue eyes.

From Salon

Annaick Guitteny came first in the Portfolios category for a set of six photos with the title Evanescence, each one a close-up of a plant covered in water droplets.

From BBC

They are intricate and variegated, playing with scale, with transience and permanence, with memory and evanescence.

From New York Times