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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


tran⋅si⋅to⋅ri⋅ly [tran-si-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-, tran-si-tawr-, -tohr-, -zi-] , adverb
tran⋅si⋅to⋅ri⋅ness, noun


2. See temporary.


2. permanent.
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tran·si·to·ry   (trān'sĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, trān'zĭ-)   
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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transitory 
c.1374, from O.Fr. transitoire (12c.), from L.L. transitorius "passing, transient," from L., "allowing passage through," from transitus, pp. of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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