'Transitory' definitions:

Definition of 'transitory'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious]

Definition of 'Transitory'

From: GCIDE
  • Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. [1913 Webster]
  • Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient. [1913 Webster]

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