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Definition of Fleeting
1. Adjective. Lasting for a markedly brief time. "A momentary glimpse"
Similar to: Short
Derivative terms: Fleetingness, Moment, Moment
Definition of Fleeting
1. a. Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
Definition of Fleeting
1. Verb. (present participle of fleet#Verb fleet) ¹
2. Adjective. passing quickly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleeting
1. fleet [v] - See also: fleet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleeting
Literary usage of Fleeting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Estimates in Art by Frank Jewett Mather (1916)
"fleeting world will lack its artist chroniclers; Fuji will aspire in the distance
... And as for the issue of frivolity, a fleeting world in the flesh or on ..."
2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"55 ; the fleeting moon. Ant. v. 2. 240 (The word fleeting applied to a person,
as in the first of the above passages, is of very rare occurrence: I ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"STEVENSON) THIS world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given ; The
smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow— There'a ..."
4. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"fleeting. Light and fleeting as a dream of night lost in garish day. ...
fleeting As bubbles that swim on the beaker's brim And break on the lips while ..."
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