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momentany

momentany adjective: momentary, transient.

Adjective

momentany (comparative more momentany, superlative most momentany)

  1. (obsolete) Momentary, transient.
    • [T]hynges sensibly perceiued: as of a momentanye sounde iterated […].1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
    • Some were brawling, some fighting, riding, running, solicite ambientes, callide litiganes, for toys and trifles, and such momentany things […]1620, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, published 2001, page 47

Forms of momentany

comparativemore momentany
superlativemost momentany

Origin of momentany

From Middle French momentané, from Late Latin momentaneus.

Questions about momentany

What does momentany mean?
Momentany means momentary, transient.
What part of speech is momentany?
Momentany is an adjective.

Words near momentany in the dictionary

  1. momentaneity
  2. momentaneous
  3. momentaneously
  4. momentaneousness
  5. momentanity
  6. momentany
  7. momentarily
  8. momentariness
  9. momentarinesses
  10. momentary
  11. momentary god

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