undurableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]
slidinga900
scrithingOE
henwardOE
swifta1225
short livya1325
passing1340
flittingc1374
shadowy1374
temporalc1384
speedfula1400
transitory?c1400
brittlea1425
unabidingc1430
frail?c1450
indurablec1450
scrithel?c1475
caduke1483
transitorious1492
passanta1500
perishinga1500
caducea1513
fugitive?1518
caducal?1548
quick1548
delible1549
flittering1549
undurable?1555
shadowish1561
fleeting1563
vading1566
flightful1571
wanzing1571
transitive1575
slipping1581
diary1583
unlasting1585
never-lasting1588
flit1590
post-like1594
running1598
short-lived1598
short-winded1598
transient1599
unpermanent1607
flashy1609
of a day1612
passable1613
dureless1614
urgenta1616
waxena1616
decayable1617
horary1620
evanid1626
fugitable1628
short-dated1632
fugacious1635
ephemerala1639
impermanent1653
fungous1655
volatile1655
ephemerousa1660
unimmortal1667
timesome1674
while-being1674
of passage1680
journal1685
ephemeron1714
admovent1727
evanescent1728
meteorous1750
deciduous1763
preterient1786
ephemeridal1795
meteorica1802
meteor1803
ephemerean1804
ephemerid1804
evanescing1805
fleeted1810
fleet1812
unenduring1814
unremaining1817
unimmortalized1839
impersistent1849
flighty1850
uneternal1862
caducous1863
diurnal1866
horarious1866
brisk1879
evasive1881
picaresque1959
?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. viii. 28 Among all thinges, most vndurable and most frayle is mannes lyfe.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlix. 530 A rawe, weake,..vndurable, and soone sowring licour.
1650 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I 107 All unmeasurable vice is undurable.
1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Valley of Lilies xxx, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 93 All temporal Things are defective and undurable.
1886 A. V. Dicey England's Case against Home Rule 65 As undurable as Grattan's Constitution of 1782.
Derivatives
unˈdurableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience
frailnessa1300
timelinessa1500
transitoriness1550
fleeting1616
temporality1635
wanzingness1642
transiency1647
impermanency1648
undurableness1648
transientness1653
fugacity1656
evanidness1659
fugaciousness1664
timeishness1674
timesomeness1674
volatilenessa1676
fleetingness1709
deciduousness1727
fleetness1727
momentaneousness1727
preterience1730
transience1739
evanescence1751
unpermanency1751
transitiveness1775
caducity1793
impermanence1796
ephemerality1822
passingness1839
transitionalness1880
anitya1882
diariness1891
anicca1904
ephemeralness1911
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongeduerigheyt, vndurablenesse.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 7 Its undurableness and doubtful efficacy.
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adj.?1555