ephemeron

[ ih-fem-uh-ron, -er-uhn ]

noun

, plural e·phem·er·a [ih-, fem, -er-, uh], e·phem·er·ons.

1. anything short-lived or ephemeral.
2. ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.

ephemeron

/ ɪˈfɛməˌrɒn /

noun

1. usually plural something transitory or short-lived

Word History and Origins

Origin of ephemeron¹

1570–80; < Greek ephḗmeron short-lived insect, noun use of neuter of ephḗmeros; ephemeral

Word History and Origins

Origin of ephemeron¹

C16: see ephemeral

Example Sentences

It’s no wonder that it outlasted hip-hop ephemera of the same time—the pendants of Death Row, No Limit, or Cash Money Records.

From Time

At the Badin Museum, which houses a collection of ephemera from the town’s storied history, curator David Summerlin reminisced about his history with the plant.

From Popular-Science

I was drawn to ephemera from the Young Pioneers, which I later learned was a Scout-like movement run through schools to instill communist thought.

From Washington Post

All the techniques can turn your flowers from ephemera into mementoes.

From Popular-Science

Let not the ephemeron that lights on a baby's hand generalize too rashly upon the non-growing of organisms!

From Project Gutenberg

Its three hundred and sixty-five years were now as but the day of the ephemeron.

From Project Gutenberg

Like the ephemeron fly, they are born suddenly, and may be expected to die as soon.

From Project Gutenberg

The airy nothing of a sigh bears often a pastoral world or an orcus on its ephemeron's-wing.

From Project Gutenberg

The scent was so strong that the ephemeron was almost intoxicated by it.

From Project Gutenberg