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ephemeral - Dictionary definition and meaning for ephemeral

EPHEMERAL

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  • (noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

    synonyms : ephemeron
  • (adj.) lasting a very short time

    "the ephemeral joys of childhood", "a passing fancy", "youth's transient beauty", "love is transitory but it is eternal", "fugacious blossoms"

    synonyms : fugacious , passing , short-lived , transient , transitory

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for ephemeral

  • (Tag: ) sounds like e-funeral. Life is over .. short-lived?

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  • (Tag: scientific) 'fermi' is a very small secientific unit [10 ^(-15)] So think of fremi second with ephemeral (e-phermi-real)

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  • (Tag: ) elephant+marela hai..he lived short! :|

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  • (Tag: ) sounds similar to epidural, which would make giving birth go by much quicker

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  • (Tag: ) apheme (which is a drug) ka nasha bahut hi ephemeral hota hai

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Origin

  • From medieval Latin, feminine of late Latin ephemerus “lasting only a day,” from Greek ephemeros, from hemera “day.”] added by bimal03

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