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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-fem-er-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛm ər əl



Definition of ephemeral

Origin :
  • 1560s; see ephemera + -al (1). Related: Ephemerality. Originally of diseases and lifespans; extended sense of "transitory" is from 1630s.
  • adj momentary, passing
Example sentences :
  • And what are the haughtiest of us, but the ephemeral aristocrats of a summer's day?
  • Extract from : « The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Life is precarious as the fall of a die at best an ephemeral business.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Must not the fame that is instantaneous prove hollow and ephemeral?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • Some readers may smile at the notion of taking seriously these ephemeral productions.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • And so of children's play-books as well as their work-books; these are as ephemeral as their other toys.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • They were, no doubt, chiefly of a pantomimic and ephemeral kind.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Some seek eternal beauty, and place their ephemeral life in the infinite.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • For a pitiable and ephemeral chase after happiness, which you call honour and freedom.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • Our present ephemeral dandy is akin to the maccaroni of my earlier days.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron

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