ephemeral
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e·phem·er·al 
[i-fem-er-uhl] Pronunciation Key
[i-fem-er-uhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood. |
| 2. | lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower. |
| 3. | anything short-lived, as certain insects. |
mer(os) short-lived, lasting but a day (ep-
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| e·phem·er·al
(ĭ-fěm'ər-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. A markedly short-lived thing. [From Greek ephēmeros : ep-, epi-, epi- + hēmerā, day.] e·phem'er·al'i·ty, e·phem'er·al·ness n., e·phem'er·al·ly adv. |
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| ephemeral | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" |
noun | |
| 1. | anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron] |
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Ephemeral
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.
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Ephemeral
E*phem"er*al\, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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