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ephemeral::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory |
| Derivation | ephemera, ephemerality, ephemeralness |
the ephemeral joys of childhood.
Examples of ephemeral
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As it stands, the ephemeral stimulus will be long forgotten in just a few years.
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It is as if they fear blackness is as fragile and ephemeral as a dandelion puff.
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Creamy and ephemeral, like sea-flavored custard, it was the best I can remember.
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This site focuses on ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.
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He created an ephemeral independent state, with city of Subotica as its capital.
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Performance is ephemeral, of course, but this one lingers as a permanent memory.
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Some may prove to be ephemeral, but great taste-like great tastemakers-endures.
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Nothing is quite as ephemeral as the popularity of visiting campus celebrities.
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Should those gains prove ephemeral, the bonuses would be clawed back, he added.
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- Ephemeron: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
- Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
- (ephemeralness) ephemerality: the property of lasting for a very short time
- Ephemerality (from Greek u03B5u03C6u03AEu03BCu03B5u03C1u03BFu03C2 u2013 ephemeros, literally "lasting only one day") is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly...
- Ephemeral is the 2009 follow-up to the PLCN/TAAS split EP by American post-metal band Pelican. It is their first album to be released since signing to Southern Lord Records. ...
- Something which lasts for a short period of time; Lasting for a short period of time; Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases
- (Ephemerals) mosses lasting only a few weeks; just enough time when conditions are right for a spore to grow into a tiny plant with capsule and produce new spores for the next generation.
- (ephemerals) nbsp     Plants that emerge and bloom during one season, then die back for the remainder of the year. Many spring ephemerals bloom in woodlands, including trillium and ladyslipper.
- One that flows only in direct response to precipitation, and whose channel is at all times above the water table.
