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† eˈphemeran, a. and n. Obs. [f. ephemera + -an.] A. adj. = ephemeral 1 a. B. n. = ephemeral B.
1643True Informer 13 It was rather an Embryo of a Parliament, an Ephemeran of 20 dayes. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 363 Methought, it was a strange opinion of our Aristotle to hold, that the least of those small insected ephemerans should be more noble than the sun, because it had a sensitive soul in it. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Fever, The Ephemeran Fever is so call'd, because it lasts but one Day. |