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whilend

whilend adjective: passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.

Adjective

whilend (comparative more whilend, superlative most whilend)

  1. (obsolete) Passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.

Forms of whilend

comparativemore whilend
superlativemost whilend

Origin of whilend

From Middle English whilende, whilwende, from Old English hwīlende, hwīlwende (“transitory, temporary, temporal”), from hwīl (“time, while”) + -wende (“moving, going about, turning”, suffix), equivalent to while + wending.

Questions about whilend

What does whilend mean?
Whilend means passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.
What part of speech is whilend?
Whilend is an adjective.

Words near whilend in the dictionary

  1. whiled
  2. whiled away
  3. whileen
  4. whileens
  5. whilemeal
  6. whilend
  7. whilere
  8. whiles
  9. whiles away
  10. whilest
  11. whilever

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