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/ɪfˈɛmərəl/ Listen

adjective

Ephemeral adj.

Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. "Ephemeral popularity." "Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy."

Ephemeral fly (Zoöl.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larvae are aquatic; called also day fly and May fly.

noun

Ephemeral n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.

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"Ephemeral" Quotes from Famous Books

... that party in Kentucky; but the vital change in the political faith of Kentucky, was wrought by Henry Clay. All previous interruptions to the opinions which she had acquired as her birthright from Virginia, were but partial, and would have been ephemeral, but the spell which the great magician cast over his people was like the glamour of mediaeval enchantment. It bound them in helpless but delighted acquiescence in the will of the master. Their vision informed them, not ...

— History of Morgan's Cavalry • Basil W. Duke

... advantage of being thoroughly familiar with the scenes and types of character depicted; the charm of an almost unequaled simplicity and directness. He possessed the rare gift of being able to envelop every topic that he touched with an atmosphere of elegance and distinction. His productions are not ephemeral, but are of ...

— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various

... of fighting Godfrey of Bouillon, ephemeral king of Jerusalem, took his homeward road back to France, accompanied by three cavaliers, in all, 'then, four horses, one more than Rashi had predicted. Godfrey remembered the rabbi's prophecy, and determined to ...

— Rashi • Maurice Liber

... Herculaneum, and others innumerable. Add to the reckoning all whom thou hast known, one after another. One man after burying another has been laid out dead, and another buries him; and all this in a short time. To conclude, always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are, and what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced ...

— The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius

... is a fantastic little vision of bygone Venice, evoked by the music of an old Venetian master, and filling us with the sense of a joyous ephemeral existence, in which the glow of life is already struck by the shuddering chill of annihilation. This sense is created by the sounds, as Mr. Browning describes them: and their directly expressive power must stand ...

— A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) • Mrs. Sutherland Orr

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