Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, impermanent, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient

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