temporaneous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

temporaneous (comparative more temporaneous, superlative most temporaneous)

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

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