ephemeron
Americannoun
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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.
noun
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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
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'
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
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
The scent was so strong that the ephemeron was almost intoxicated by it.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)
The new complex’s museum presents a bland, uninspiring collection of ephemera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The facility will include state-of-the-art, climate-controlled storage for the museum’s more than 250,000-object collection of paintings, sculptures, photographs, tapestries and Cold War-era ephemera from the Soviet Union, East Bloc, China and other countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 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
Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
I see her auburn hair, blue eyes and delicate face—more than ephemera.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
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