Thesaurus: ephemeral

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1. a. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
2. a. short-lived">Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.
3. n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
4. adj. lasting a very short time
5. n. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
6. 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower. 2. short-lived">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 (Zoöl.), 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 larvæ are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
7. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeralplant, insect, etc.
8. j:100 s. lasting a very short time