- skip - Brewer’s

Evapʹorate (4 syl.)

.

Be off; vanish into thin air.

Bob and Jonathan, with similar meekness, took their leave and evaporated.”—Dickens: Our Mutual Friend, part i. 6.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Eurydicē
Eustathians
Eutychians
Euxine Sea (The)
Evangelic Doctor (The)
Evangeline.
Evangelist
Evangelists
Evans (Sir Hugh)
Evans (William)
Evaporate
Events
Ever and Anon
Ever-sworded (The)
Ever-Victorious Army (The)
Everlasting Staircase (The)
Every Man Jack of Them
Evidence (In)
Evil Communications
Evil Eye
Evil May Day (1517)