ephemeral : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ephemeral	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ephemeral adj 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" Synonym(s): ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious n anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form Synonym(s): ephemeron, ephemeral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ephemeral \Ephem"eral\, 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. [bd]Ephemeral popularity.[b8] --V. Knox. Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. --Sir J. Stephen. {Ephemeral fly} (Zo[94]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[91] are aquatic; -- called also {day fly} and {May fly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ephemeral \Ephem"eral\, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.