fleetingness

[flee-ting]

fleet·ing

[flee-ting]
adjective
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see fleet2, -ing2

fleet·ing·ly, adverb
fleet·ing·ness, noun
un·fleet·ing, adjective


passing, flitting, flying, brief, fugitive.

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Fleetingness is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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fleeting (ˈfliːtɪŋ)
 
adj
rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea
 
'fleetingly
 
adv
 
'fleetingness
 
n

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