Associations to the word «Transitory»

Wiktionary

TRANSITORY, adjective. Lasting only a short time; temporary.
TRANSITORY, adjective. (legal) (of an action) That may be brought in any county; opposed to local.

Dictionary definition

TRANSITORY, adjective. Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope