23 June 2015

evanescent

[ev-uh-nes-uh nt]

adjective
1. vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
2. tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

Origin of evanescent
Latin
1745-1755; < Latin ēvānēscent- (stem of ēvānēscēns) vanishing, disappearing. See evanesce, -ent

Related forms
evanescently, adverb
nonevanescent, adjective
nonevanescently, adverb
unevanescent, adjective
unevanescently, adverb

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Examples from the web for evanescent
– But success in a mission of this size may only bring limited and evanescent political benefits.
(Obama’s Pirate Coup Julian Zelizer April 12, 2009)

– But that support was evanescent ; it’s already back below 50%, and probably still falling.
(Memo: The Aaron Sorkin Model of Political Discourse Doesn’t Actually Work Megan McArdle April 22, 2013)

– They are imagined as disembodied spirits, and are often visualized as vague or evanescent forms; hence, the white sheet routine.
(What’s the Difference Between Ghouls, Goblins, and Ghosts? Dictionary.com October 31, 2010)

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Today’s quote

A man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand in battle.

– Buddha

On this day

23 June – International Widows’ Day – a UN ratified day to address the ‘poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many countries’.

23 June 1912 – birth of Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist. Turing is considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He invented the ‘Turing machine’ which formulated the computer algorithm. It’s the forerunner for the modern computer. During World War 2, Turing was instrumental in cracking German messages encrypted by the Enigma machine. Sadly, Turing’s achievements were overshadowed by him being charged with gross indecency after admitting to being in a homosexual relationship. On 31 March 1952, following his guilty plea, he was chemically castrated. Two years later, on 7 June 1954,Turing took his own life with cyanide. On 10 September 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologised on behalf of the British Government for the ‘appalling way he was treated’. On 23 December 2013, Queen Elizabeth II issued a posthumous royal pardon, clearing Turing of the charge of gross indecency.

23 June 2000 – 15 backpackers perish in a fire at the Palace Backpackers Hostel, in Childers, Queensland, Australia.

23 June 2011 – death of Peter Falk, U.S. actor (Colombo) … ‘therrre ya go‘… (born 16 September 1927).