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Transient

Transient (transient)
a.(?)
Tran"sient
[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. 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.


Transient

Transient (transient)
n.
Tran"sient
  1. That which remains but for a brief time.
    Glanvill.













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