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passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
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Fleeting
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adjective
1.
swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
verb (used without object)
2.
to move swiftly; fly.
3.
Nautical. to change position; shift.
4.
Archaic.
a.
to glide along like a stream.
b.
to fade; vanish.
5.
Obsolete. to float; drift; swim.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly.
7.
Nautical.
a.
to move or change the position of.
b.
to separate the blocks of (a tackle).
c.
to lay (a rope) along a deck.
Related forms
fleet·ly, adverb
fleet·ness, noun
Synonyms
6. speed, hasten; beguile.
6. speed, hasten; beguile.
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Word Origin & History
fleet
O.E. fleot "ship, floating vessel," from fleotan "to float," from P.Gmc. *fleut-, from PIE base *pleu- "to flow, run, swim." Sense of "naval force" is pre-1200. The O.E. word also meant "creek, inlet, flow of water," especially one into the Thames near Ludgate Hill, which lent its name to Fleet Street
EXPAND(home of newspaper and magazine houses, standing for "the English press" since 1882), Fleet prison, etc.
fleeting
early 13c., from O.E. fleotende "floating, drifting," later "flying, moving swiftly," from O.E. fleotan (see fleet (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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