ephemera
noun
a plural of ephemeron.
ephemerae
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pluralof ephemera.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Scanning the globe and the human ephemerae upon it from the point of view of a millionaire in years, Wells still considers that "Nazi Germany may well bring down conclusive disaster on our species."
From Time Magazine Archive
Born of the sunshine, on a morning in late December, gray ephemerae danced and dipped and fashioned vanishing patterns against the green of the great laurel at the corner of Drift farmyard.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
He should neither praise nor blame nor defend his equals; he should not strike one blow at the buzzing ephemerae of letters.
From Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang
A curious thing about that night was a swarm of ephemerae so dense that it was like a blinding snowstorm.
From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Then there are the blue and the brown, both ephemerae, which come on, the first in dark days, the second in bright days; these flies, when well imitated, are very destructive to fish.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 324, July 26, 1828 by Various
