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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

temporaneous en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin temporāneus (“timely”), derived from Latin tempor- (“time”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) temporary
    • Those things may cause a temporaneous disunion. 1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea:
    • Oxen have a permanent and temporaneous set of horns 1818, James Carver, A Treatise on the Age of the Horse:

Forms

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most temporaneous Degree=Sup lexicographic
more temporaneous Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

temporaneously · equitemporaneous · temporaneousness

Relateds

contemporaneous