ephemeron

American  

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

noun

plural

ephemera, ephemerons

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; 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

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.)

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

Science sees man as the ephemeron of an hour, an iridescent bubble on a seething, whirling torrent, an accident in a world of incalculable and clashing forces.

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John

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