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transientness

transientness

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transient  \Tran"sient\,  a.  [L.  transiens,  -entis,  p.  pr  of 
  transire,  transitum  to  go  or  pass  over  See  {Trance}.] 
  1.  Passing  before  the  sight  or  perception,  or  as  it  were 
  moving  over  or  across  a  space  or  scene  viewed,  and  then 
  disappearing;  hence  of  short  duration;  not  permanent;  not 
  lasting  or  durable;  not  stationary;  passing;  fleeting; 
  brief;  transitory;  as  transient  pleasure.  ``Measured  this 
  transient  world.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Hasty;  momentary;  imperfect;  brief;  as  a  transient  view 
  of  a  landscape. 
 
  3.  Staying  for  a  short  time;  not  regular  or  permanent;  as  a 
  transient  guest;  transient  boarders.  [Colloq.  U.  S.] 
 
  Syn:  {Transient},  {Transitory},  {Fleeting}. 
 
  Usage:  Transient  represents  a  thing  as  brief  at  the  best; 
  transitory,  as  liable  at  any  moment  to  pass  away 
  Fleeting  goes  further,  and  represents  it  as  in  the  act 
  of  taking  its  flight.  Life  is  transient;  its  joys  are 
  transitory;  its  hours  are  fleeting. 
 
  What  is  loose  love?  A  transient  gust.  --Pope 
 
  If  [we  love]  transitory  things  which  soon 
  decay,  Age  must  be  loveliest  at  the  latest  day 
  --Donne. 
 
  O  fleeting  joys  Of  Paradise,  dear  bought  with 
  lasting  woes.  --Milton. 
  --  {Tran"sient*ly},  adv  --  {Tran"sient*ness},  n.