English Explanatory Dictionary

whilend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Passing; temporal; temporary; not lasting; not permanent; transient; transitory; not eternal.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Middle English whilende, whilwende, from Old English hwīlende, hwīlwende (“transitory, temporary, temporal”), from hwīl (“time, while”) + -wende (“moving, going about, turning”, suffix), equivalent to while + wending.

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