fleetingness
tɪŋ adjective
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
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fleeting (ˈfliːtɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea | |
| 'fleetingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fleetingness | |
| —n | |
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Fleetingness
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| fleeting (ˈfliːtɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea | |
| 'fleetingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fleetingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fleeting
early 13c., from O.E. fleotende "floating, drifting," later "flying, moving swiftly," from O.E. fleotan (see fleet (n.)).
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