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▪ I. ephemerid|ɪˈfɛmərɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Ephēmeridæ, f. ephēmera.]
An insect belonging to the group Ephemeridæ: see ephemera2. Also fig.
1872Nicholson Palæont. 186 The Haplophlebium Barnesii must have attained a size much larger than that of any recent Ephemerids. 1874Farrar Christ 65 The ephemerid that buzzes out its little hour in the summer noon. 1879Daily Tel. 17 Oct., This gossamer nothing, this aerial ephemerid, paralyses the intellect.
▪ II. † eˈphemerid, a. rare.
[f. L. ephēmerid-, stem of ephēmeris: see ephemeris.]
= ephemeral.
1804Mitford Harmony 91 The ephemerid fashion of orthography.
So † ephemeridal.
1795tr. Mercier Fragm. of Politics & Hist. II. 444 These sons of fortune, these ephemeridal giants who threatened to swallow up every thing. |