English search results for: transitory

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. pagan
  2. secular/temporal/earthly/worldly
  3. transitory
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. suited to/built for the occasion
  2. temporary, transitory
  3. w/time limit (leg.)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. avoiding, transitory
  2. flying swiftly
  3. swift
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. affording passage
  2. cursory
  3. having a passage-way
  4. transitory, passing (L+S)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)