transience

[tran-shuh ns, -zhuh ns, -zee-uh ns]

noun

transient state or quality.

Sometimes tran·sien·cy.

Origin of transience

First recorded in 1735–45; transi(ent) + -ence

Related formsnon·tran·sience, nounnon·tran·sien·cy, noun

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Examples from the Web for transiency

Historical Examples of transiency

Transiency Has set its mark on life, and there is none Who can escape its curse.
The Buddha
Paul Carus
Why all this change and transiency, if the same things were to be repeated?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847
Various
"A breath" is the very emblem of transiency and of unsubstantiality.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2
Alexander Maclaren
But besides this transiency external to us, John finds a corresponding transiency within us.
Expositions of Holy Scripture
Alexander Maclaren
Transiency is usual in homesteading country, many people only remaining long enough to homestead their land.
The Church on the Changing Frontier
Helen O. Belknap

Word Origin and History for transiency

transience

n.

1745; see transient + -ence.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper