Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
transiliency .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A leap across or from one thing to another.
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- noun something
transilient - noun a
leap across something, or from one thing to another
Etymologies
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Latin transiliens, present participle of transilire to leap across or over.
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Examples
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When he posted his letter at a quarter to eight, the cock-robin, who had been brooding over his late transilience, was greatly relieved.
Anthony Lyveden Dornford Yates 1922
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The most conspicuous thing in his character is its transilience.
The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Harold Begbie 1900
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