whilend
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English whilende, whilwende, from Old English hwīlende, hwīlwende (“transitory, temporary, temporal”), from hwīl (“time, while”) + -wende (“moving, going about, turning”, suffix), equivalent to while + wending.
Adjective[edit]
whilend (comparative more whilend, superlative most whilend)
- (obsolete) Passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.
References[edit]
“whilend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.