"fleetingness" meaning in All languages combined

See fleetingness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fleetingnesses [plural]
Etymology: From fleeting + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fleeting|ness}} fleeting + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fleetingness (countable and uncountable, plural fleetingnesses)
  1. The quality of being fleeting. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: briefness, transiency, transience Synonyms (transience): ephemerality

Inflected forms

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