ephemeron
Americannoun
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ephemera,
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ephemerons
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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.
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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
Suppose that an ephemeron, hovering over a pool for its one April day of life, were capable of observing the fry of the frog in the water below.
From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers
Its three hundred and sixty-five years were now as but the day of the ephemeron.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Mrs. (Anna S.) Bushby
The scent was so strong that the ephemeron was almost intoxicated by it.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Mrs. (Anna S.) Bushby
And this is man, the myriad one, Dust’s flower and time’s ephemeron.
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard
Since 2016, they’ve been digitizing Saar’s expansive archive, including correspondence, sketches, playbills, documents and ephemera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
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
It’s clear that “Forbidden Fruits” director and co-writer Meredith Alloway has marinated in plenty of ’90s teen movies and the kitschy pop-culture ephemera of that era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Among the oil paintings, art deco ephemera and geological artifacts, I wasn’t expecting a preserved memorial from the days following the 2015 terrorist attacks, and it leveled me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
In its mildest form it not infrequently runs its course in a few hours, and is rarely prolonged much beyond twenty-four, and is hence called ephemera.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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