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adjective
1.
not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
2.
lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English transitorie < Late Latin trānsitōrius fleeting (see transit, -tory1); replacing Middle English transitoire < Middle French < Late Latin, as above
1325–75; Middle English transitorie < Late Latin trānsitōrius fleeting (see transit, -tory1); replacing Middle English transitoire < Middle French < Late Latin, as above
Related forms
tran·si·to·ri·ness, noun
un·tran·si·to·ri·ly, adverb
un·tran·si·to·ri·ness, noun
un·tran·si·to·ry, adjective
Antonyms
2. permanent.
2. permanent.
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Transitoriness
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
transitory
late 14c., 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).
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