momentany

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French momentané, from Late Latin momentaneus.

Adjective

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momentany (comparative more momentany, superlative most momentany)

  1. (obsolete) Momentary, transient. [15th–18th c.]
    • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
      [T]hynges sensibly perceiued: as of a momentanye sounde iterated […].
    • 1620, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, published 2001, page 47:
      Some were brawling, some fighting, riding, running, solicite ambientes, callide litiganes, for toys and trifles, and such momentany things []
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
      Making it momentary as a sound,