immoment

See also: im Moment

English

Etymology

See immomentous.

Adjective

immoment (comparative more immoment, superlative most immoment)

1. (archaic) trifling; unimportant
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Say, good Caesar,
     That I some lady trifles have reserv'd,
     Immoment toys, things of such dignity
     As we greet modern friends withal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “immoment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)