ephemeron
anything short-lived or ephemeral.
ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.
Origin of ephemeron
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How to use ephemeron in a sentence
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.
How the Roc-A-Fella Chain Became a Symbol of Hip Hop Royalty | Sowmya Krishnamurthy | February 21, 2022 | TimeAt 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.
A North Carolina town struggles under the toxic shadow of the company that built it | Emily Cataneo/Undark | December 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI was drawn to ephemera from the Young Pioneers, which I later learned was a Scout-like movement run through schools to instill communist thought.
A cycling trail through Poland and Germany — and Soviet-era history | Diane Daniel | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostAll the techniques can turn your flowers from ephemera into mementoes.
Let not the ephemeron that lights on a baby's hand generalize too rashly upon the non-growing of organisms!
Its three hundred and sixty-five years were now as but the day of the ephemeron.
The Sand-Hills of Jutland | Hans Christian AndersenLike the ephemeron fly, they are born suddenly, and may be expected to die as soon.
Thoughts on Man | William GodwinThe airy nothing of a sigh bears often a pastoral world or an orcus on its ephemeron's-wing.
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) | Jean Paul Friedrich RichterThe scent was so strong that the ephemeron was almost intoxicated by it.
The Sand-Hills of Jutland | Hans Christian Andersen
British Dictionary definitions for ephemeron
/ (ɪˈfɛməˌrɒn) /
(usually plural) something transitory or short-lived
Origin of ephemeron
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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