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impermanent, a.|ɪmˈpɜːmənənt| [f. im-2 + permanent.] Not permanent or lasting; unenduring; transient.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. iii. (1662) 98 That Adam is here condemned to a mortal, flitting and impermanent state, till he reach his æthereal or pure fiery Vehicle. 1762A. Seward Let. Oct., Wks. 1810 I. p. xliv, The impermanent pleasures of the eye. 1883Howells Woman's Reason I. 28 The sense of our impermanent relation to the parental roof comes to us very early in life. |