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† momentany, a. Obs.
[ad. F. momentané, ad. L. mōmentāne-us: see momentane.
Very common in the 16th and 17th c.]
Pertaining to the moment, momentary; transitory; evanescent.
1508Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. cii. Wks. (1876) 196 Euery thynge in this worlde is caduke, transytory & momentany. 1600Holland Livy xlv. i. 1201 The momentanie joy of some vaine and uncertein occurrence. 1644Heylin Brief Relat. Laud 26 His death was glorious, the paines whereof were short and momentany to himselfe, the benefit like to be perpetuall [etc.]. 1726Huxham in Phil. Trans. XXXIV. 140 Vivid Coruscations..which..formed by their Collision momentany Arches of a Circle. |