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evanescent

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Evanescent refers to something that is fleeting or temporary, quickly fading from sight or memory.

Detailed Definition
The term 'evanescent' is often used in poetry to describe beauty or moments that are transient and ephemeral. In this poem, it describes the light that emerges at dawn, emphasizing the delicate and brief nature of such moments in the natural world.
Example
Example in poetry:
"And lo, there is light! Evanescent and tender, It glows ruby-red where 'twas now ashen grey" (fleeting, transient); "The evanescent beauty of the sunset" (nature); "Evanescent as a dream at dawn" (comparison); "Hope, evanescent, flickered and died" (emotional); "The evanescent fragrance of the rose" (sensory)
Additional Notes
The word 'evanescent' captures the fleeting beauty of dawn, highlighting the transient quality of the light described in the poem.; Found in the poem, Sunrise on the Coast by Banjo Paterson
Also Known As
fading fleeting transient vanishing moment evanescence
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