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tran⋅si⋅to⋅ry

   [tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-]
–adjective
1. not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
2. lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary.
Origin:
1325–75; ME transitorie < LL trānsitōrius fleeting (see transit, -tory 1 ); r. ME transitoire < MF < LL, as above
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tran·si·to·ry     (trān'sĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, trān'zĭ-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary: "the disorder of his life: the succession of cities, of transitory loves" (Carson McCullers).

[Middle English transitorie, from Old French transitoire, from Late Latin trānsitōrius, from Latin, having a passageway, from trānsitus, passage; see transit.]
tran'si·to'ri·ly adv., tran'si·to'ri·ness n.
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transitoriness

noun
an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying [syn: transience] 

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Transitoriness

Tran"si*to*ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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