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fleeting

flee·ting

UK/ˈfliːtɪŋ/ US/ˈflitɪŋ/ fairly common us

adjective

1.

lasting for a markedly brief time

  • “a fleeting glance”
  • “fugitive hours”
  • “rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass”
  • “a momentary glimpse”
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Origin

From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.

Phrases

  • fleeting note

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