Transitoriness
111impermanency — noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations • Syn: ↑impermanence • Ant: ↑permanence (for: ↑impermanence) • Derivationally related forms: ↑impermanent, ↑ …
112short-lived — adjective lasting a very short time (Freq. 2) the ephemeral joys of childhood a passing fancy youth s transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms • Syn: ↑ephemeral, ↑ …
113transitory — adj. not permanent, brief, transient. Phrases and idioms: transitory action Law an action that can be brought in any country irrespective of where the transaction etc. started. Derivatives: transitorily adv. transitoriness n. Etymology: ME f. AF… …
114caducity — kəˈd(y)üsəd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: French caducité, from caduc falling, decrepit (from Latin caducus) + French ité ity 1 …
115fameflower — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fame (I) + flower; probably from the transitoriness of its petals : a linear leaved herb (Talinum teretifolium) of the eastern United States with scapes of ephemeral pink flowers …
116fu|gac|i|ty — «fyoo GAS uh tee», noun. 1. the quality of being fugacious; instability; transitoriness: »the fugacity of pleasure, the fragility of beauty (Samuel Johnson). 2. (of a material substance) volatility …
117tran|sien|cy — «TRAN shuhn see», noun. the quality or condition of being transient; transitoriness: »Oliver … didn t love life, because he hadn t the animal Epicurean faculty of enjoying it in its arbitrariness and transiency (Atlantic) …
