ephemeron
Americannoun
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anything short-lived or ephemeral.
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ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ephemeron
1570–80; < Greek ephḗmeron short-lived insect, noun use of neuter of ephḗmeros; see ephemeral
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Moore has developed a subspecialty in this sort of high-camp Gulf ephemeron: for New Orleans he designed the Piazza d'Italia and the snazziest part of the 1984 World's Fair.
From Time Magazine Archive
If then women are not a swarm of ephemeron triflers, why should they be kept in ignorance under the specious name of innocence?
From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
Let not the ephemeron that lights on a baby's hand generalize too rashly upon the non-growing of organisms!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various
The scent was so strong that the ephemeron was almost intoxicated by it.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)
O man! wilt thou never conceive, that thou art but an ephemeron?
From The System of Nature, Volume 1 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
Games back then were rapt-audience monuments, not ephemera to glance at while futzing around group texts and prediction market apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
If anything proves the market value of seemingly worthless ephemera, Walker added, it’s fans clawing for printed set lists at the end of a concert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
How well can you recall the past 250 years of books, music, movies and other cultural ephemera that makes up our country?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
The Chaplain opportunely answered, "Your argument proves against yourself, for it is petitio principii to presuppose mortality amongst ephemera."
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
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