1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: “There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript” (Irving R. Kaufman). 2. Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.
NOUN:
A markedly short-lived thing.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek ephmeros : ep-, epi-, epi- + hmer, day.
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meros : ep-, epi-, epi- + h
, day.
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