fleeting
The origin and history of fleeting.
Etymology
From the Old English verb fleotan ("to float, glide"); the sense shifted from physical gliding to something that slips past quickly in time.
The origin and history of fleeting.
From the Old English verb fleotan ("to float, glide"); the sense shifted from physical gliding to something that slips past quickly in time.
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