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transitorinesses

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tran⋅si⋅to⋅ry

  [tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-]
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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; ME transitorie < LL trānsitōrius fleeting (see transit, -tory 1 ); r. ME transitoire < MF < LL, as above

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

Synonyms:
2. See temporary.

Antonyms:
2. permanent.
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Word Origin & History

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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