About The Word Transitory
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Transitory
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What's The Definition Of Transitory?
[adj] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Transitory: ephemeral | fugacious | impermanent | passing | short-lived | temporary | transient Related Terms | Find terms related to Transitory: See Also | Transitory In Webster's Dictionary \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F.
transitoire. See {Transient}.]
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting;
evanescent.
Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory
life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
It was not the transitory light of a comet, which
shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes
into nothing. --South.
{Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in
any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed
to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier.
Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}.
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