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pertransient

pertransient adjective: passing through; transient.

Adjective

pertransient (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Passing through; transient.
    • I will not stick summarily to deliuer somewhat more concerning lines Armoriall: which, first, are either Entire, and Pertransient, or Entire and Pertingent, or parts of them.1610, Edmund Bolton, The elements of armories, London, pages 88–89
    • Interſecants, in Heraldry, are pertranſient Lines which croſs one another.1719, Glossographia Anglicana nova: … second edition, page 313

Origin of pertransient

From Latin pertransiens, present participle of pertransire.

Questions about pertransient

What does pertransient mean?
Pertransient means passing through; transient.
What part of speech is pertransient?
Pertransient is an adjective.

Words near pertransient in the dictionary

  1. pertish
  2. pertly
  3. pertness
  4. pertnesses
  5. pertook
  6. pertransient
  7. pertrochanteric
  8. perts
  9. pertsevite
  10. pertubation
  11. pertuisan

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