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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ephemeral \E*phem"er*al\, a. 1. Beginning and ending in a day existing only, or no longer than a day diurnal; as an ephemeral flower. 2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. ``Ephemeral popularity.'' --V. Knox. Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. --Sir J. Stephen. {Ephemeral fly} (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus {Ephemera} and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also {day fly} and {May fly}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ephemeral \E*phem"er*al\, n. Anything lasting but a day or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ephemeral adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: {passing}, {short-lived}, {transient}, {transitory}, {fugacious}]
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