Pronounced: KLAY-mant (alt: KLAM-uhnt), adj
Notes: Looks like “claimant” with a letter missing
Yesterday’s word
The word evanescent means “tending to vanish like vapor”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1700s
Background / Comments
I think I’ve run across our word in reading, but I could properly define it. Also, the first usage was quite broad. Our word came from the Latin verb evanescere (to fade away; to disappear). It used to have a meaning of “very small”.
