momentarinessn.
/ˈməʊm(ə)nt(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛrinᵻs/ The quality or condition of being momentary or transitory.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun]
shorthead1340
briefnessa1400
brevity1542
momentaniness1635
momentariness1648
shortlivedness1817
momentaneity1921
short-windedness1934
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 5 The momentanynesse [printed erratum sig. Ggg4+1: momentarinesse] of our life seldom comes into our fancie.
1722 W. Willymott tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iv. iii. vi. 507 Patience is recommended from the consideration of Profit, by a comparison of the Momentariness of the Pain, and the Eternity of the Reward.
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1874) 510 One of those paradoxes..for which..their momentariness and unpremeditatedness are mostly a sufficient excuse.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 260 The momentariness of guilt and eternity of remorse.
1964 ELH 31 236 The..momentariness and exclusive individualism which frustrates his expectations.
1992 M. Baker In other Words (BNC) 98 Aspectual differences have to do with the temporal distribution of an event, for instance its completion or non-completion, continuation, or momentariness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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