Definizione monolingua

transitory

transitory (comparative more transitory, superlative most transitory)

1. Lasting only a short time; temporary.
   • 1704, Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub, Section I - The Introduction,

     Secondly, that the materials being very transitory, have suffered much from inclemencies of air, especially in these north-west regions.

   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 38,

     Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time, begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.

   • 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, Book Three, Chapter II: A Matter of Aesthetics,

     For a moment she paused by the taxi-stand and watched them--wondering that but a few years before she had been of their number, ever setting out for a radiant Somewhere, always just about to have that ultimate passionate adventure for which the girls cloaks were delicate and beautifully furred, for which their cheeks were painted and their hearts higher than the transitory dome of pleasure that would engulf them, coiffure, cloak, and all.

Definizione dizionario transitory

	transitorio
	Passing or disappearing with time.
	Lasting or existing for a short time only.

	effimero
	Lasting or existing for a short time only.

	passeggero
	Lasting or existing for a short time only.

Altri significati:

lasting only a short time; temporary