TRANSITORINESS

transience, transiency, transitoriness

(noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

transitoriness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being transitory.

Synonyms

• ephemerality, impermanence, transiency; see also transience

Source: Wiktionary


Tran"si*to*ri*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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