Both Uses of
evanescent
in
Moby Dick
- In times of strong emotion mankind disdain all base considerations; but such times are evanescent.†
Chpt 46-48 *
- So that to this hunter's wondrous skill, the proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land.†
Chpt 133-135
Definition:
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(evanescent) tending to vanish like vapor