About The Word Ephemeral
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Ephemeral
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What's The Definition Of Ephemeral?
[adj] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ephemeral: fugacious | impermanent | passing | short-lived | temporary | transient | transitory Related Terms | Find terms related to Ephemeral: brief | brittle | capricious | changeable | corruptible | deciduous | dying | episodic | evanescent | evergreen | fading | fickle | fleeting | flitting | fly-by-night | flying | fragile | frail | fugacious | fugitive | half-hardy | hardy | impermanent | impetuous | impulsive | inconstant | insubstantial | momentary | mortal | mutable | nondurable | nonpermanent | passing | perennial | perishable | short | short-lived | subject to death | temporal | temporary | transient | transitive | transitory | undurable | unenduring | unstable | volatile See Also | Ephemeral In Webster's Dictionary \E*phem"er*al\, a.
1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer
than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.
``Ephemeral popularity.'' --V. Knox.
Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal,
efficacy. --Sir J.
Stephen.
{Ephemeral fly} (Zo["o]l.), 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 larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also {day
fly} and {May fly}.
\E*phem"er*al\, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc. |
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