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Ephemera
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- The challenges of maintaining contemporary art created from ephemera are becoming increasingly acute.
- It's a matter of degree--not too much ephemera and more than enough good work.
- It will either confirm earlier measurements of the axis of evil or show them to be ephemera.
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Origin:
1570–80; < Greek ephḗmeron short-lived insect, noun use of neuter of ephḗmeros; see ephemeral
1570–80; < Greek ephḗmeron short-lived insect, noun use of neuter of ephḗmeros; see ephemeral
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| ephemera (ɪˈfɛmərə) | |
| —n , pl -eras, -erae | |
| 1. | a mayfly, esp one of the genus Ephemera |
| 2. | something transitory or short-lived |
| 3. | (functioning as plural) a class of collectable items not originally intended to last for more than a short time, such as tickets, posters, postcards, or labels |
| 4. | a plural of ephemeron |
| [C16; see | |
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Word Origin & History
ephemera
late 14c., originally a medical term, from M.L. ephemera (febris) "(fever) lasting a day," from fem. of ephemerus, from Gk. ephemeros "lasting only one day," from epi "on" + hemerai, dat. of hemera "day," from PIE *amer- "day." Sense extended to short-lived insects and flowers; general sense of "transitory"
EXPANDis first attested 1630s.
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