ephemeron

American  

[ih-fem-uh-ron, -er-uhn] / ɪˈfɛm əˌrɒn, -ər ən /

noun

ephemera, plural ephemerons plural

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.

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ephemeron British  

/ ɪˈfɛməˌrɒn /

noun

1. (usually plural) something transitory or short-lived

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Etymology

Origin of ephemeron

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

Example Sentences

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

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'

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

And this is man, the myriad one, Dust’s flower and time’s ephemeron.

From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Meteyard, Thomas Buford

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

From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)