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Webster 1913 Edition


Momentany

{

Moˊmen-ta′ne-ous

,

Mo′men-ta-ny

, }
Adj.
[L.
momentaneus
: cf. F.
momentané
.]
Momentary.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
Momentany as a sound.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Momentany

MOMENTANEOUS

, MOMENTANY, not used. [See Momentary.]

Definition 2024


momentany

momentany

English

Adjective

momentany (comparative more momentany, superlative most momentany)

  1. (obsolete) Momentary, transient.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.47:
      Some were brawling, some fighting, riding, running, solicite ambientes, callide litiganes, for toys and trifles, and such momentany things […].
    • Shakespeare
      Momentany as a sound.