ephemeraladj.n.

/ɪˈfɛmərəl/

Etymology: < Greek ἐϕήμερος (see ephemera adj.) + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of diseases: Beginning and ending in a day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration

quotidiana1393

quartana1398

ephemera1528

quartern?1549

semitertian1565

ephemeral1576

periodical1585

typic1601

septimane1634

ephemeran1643

hemitritaean1651

nonan1657

quintan1657

septan1657

sextan1657

quartanary1669

subintrant1747

periodic1805

octan1835

typical1853

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. ii. f. 102 That corruption of the Ayre is the cause of this greeuous maladye or Ephemerall Ague.

1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 945 If very short, lasting only a single day, it is..an ephemeral fever.

b. Of insects, flowers, etc.: Existing for one day only, or for a very few days.

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlix. 523 Some insects are so ephemeral that they are to be found only for a few days.

1864 Intellectual Observer No. 33. 149 The perfect Ephemeral imago.

1875 A. Helps Exerc. Benevolence in Ess. 36 The insects..poor ephemeral things.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 243 Ephemeral or Fugacious, lasting for only a day; as the petals of Poppy.

a. In more extended application: That is in existence, power, favour, popularity, etc. for a short time only; short-lived; transitory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 220 An ephemeral fit of applause.

a1659 Bp. T. Morton Ἐπισκοπος Ἀποστολικος (1670) 142 A Deambulatory, Hebdomatical (or peradventure Ephemeral) Office.

1810 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 137 His ministers, however weak and profligate in morals, are ephemeral.

1821 V. Knox Remarks Gram. Schools 157 The gale of ephemeral popularity.

1825 S. Smith Speeches in Wks. (1859) II. 204/2 Their ephemeral liberty.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 532 Empires like those of Alexander, Charles, and Cnut are in their own nature ephemeral.

b. absol.

ΚΠ

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 127 May I, the ephemeral, ne'er scrutinize Who made the heaven and earth.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 381 When the due distinction had been drawn between the ephemeral and the lasting.

B. n. in plural.

Insects which live only for a day. Also transferred of books, persons, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of

drake-flya1450

hemeraa1592

ephemeron1626

ephemeran1643

ephemeraa1676

drake1676

grey drake1676

yellow-dun1676

greentail1681

grannom1787

ephemeral1817

shad-fly1825

ephemerid1872

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being > transient things or matters

ephemerality1822

ephemeral1870

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xx. 121 Gnats, beetles, etc...the whole tribe of ephemerals..may flit in and out.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 965 Let the breezy sunshine but bring out the winged ephemerals.

1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 577 Assemblies of important ephemerals who met to dispute the respective claims, etc.

1878 W. E. A. Axon Bk. Rarities Warrington Mus. 11 Some of these books are pure ephemerals.

Derivatives

eˈphemerally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb]

transitorily1576

transiently1629

evanescently1847

flittingly1847

ephemerally1848

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. xiv. §4. 1. 467 The most ephemerally celebrated, and the really greatest poets (Byron and Shelley).

1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona ix. 101 Let him make good, not ephemerally..but definitely.

eˈphemeralness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience

frailnessa1300

timelinessa1500

transitoriness1550

fleeting1616

temporality1635

wanzingness1642

transiency1647

impermanency1648

undurableness1648

transientness1653

fugacity1656

evanidness1659

fugaciousness1664

timeishness1674

timesomeness1674

volatilenessa1676

fleetingness1709

deciduousness1727

fleetness1727

momentaneousness1727

preterience1730

transience1739

evanescence1751

unpermanency1751

transitiveness1775

caducity1793

impermanence1796

ephemerality1822

passingness1839

transitionalness1880

anitya1882

diariness1891

anicca1904

ephemeralness1911

1911 G. H. Mair Eng. Lit.: Mod. ii. 48 Pamphlets or text books that have been preserved by accident from the ephemeralness which was the common lot of hundreds of their fellows.

1941 W. Lewis Let. 10 Aug. (1963) 295 The book-business, in America has been..reduced to a level of ephemeralness, news-value, and mere fact-finding past belief.

1969 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 16/3 Some of the enjoyment of a good performance lies in its very ephemeralness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ephemeral
释义	ephemeraladj.n. /ɪˈfɛmərəl/ Etymology: < Greek ἐϕήμερος (see ephemera adj.) + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of diseases: Beginning and ending in a day. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration quotidiana1393 quartana1398 ephemera1528 quartern?1549 semitertian1565 ephemeral1576 periodical1585 typic1601 septimane1634 ephemeran1643 hemitritaean1651 nonan1657 quintan1657 septan1657 sextan1657 quartanary1669 subintrant1747 periodic1805 octan1835 typical1853 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. ii. f. 102 That corruption of the Ayre is the cause of this greeuous maladye or Ephemerall Ague. 1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 945 If very short, lasting only a single day, it is..an ephemeral fever. b. Of insects, flowers, etc.: Existing for one day only, or for a very few days. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlix. 523 Some insects are so ephemeral that they are to be found only for a few days. 1864 Intellectual Observer No. 33. 149 The perfect Ephemeral imago. 1875 A. Helps Exerc. Benevolence in Ess. 36 The insects..poor ephemeral things. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 243 Ephemeral or Fugacious, lasting for only a day; as the petals of Poppy. 2. a. In more extended application: That is in existence, power, favour, popularity, etc. for a short time only; short-lived; transitory. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 220 An ephemeral fit of applause. a1659 Bp. T. Morton Ἐπισκοπος Ἀποστολικος (1670) 142 A Deambulatory, Hebdomatical (or peradventure Ephemeral) Office. 1810 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 137 His ministers, however weak and profligate in morals, are ephemeral. 1821 V. Knox Remarks Gram. Schools 157 The gale of ephemeral popularity. 1825 S. Smith Speeches in Wks. (1859) II. 204/2 Their ephemeral liberty. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 532 Empires like those of Alexander, Charles, and Cnut are in their own nature ephemeral. b. absol. ΚΠ 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 127 May I, the ephemeral, ne'er scrutinize Who made the heaven and earth. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 381 When the due distinction had been drawn between the ephemeral and the lasting. B. n. in plural. Insects which live only for a day. Also transferred of books, persons, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of drake-flya1450 hemeraa1592 ephemeron1626 ephemeran1643 ephemeraa1676 drake1676 grey drake1676 yellow-dun1676 greentail1681 grannom1787 ephemeral1817 shad-fly1825 ephemerid1872 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being > transient things or matters ephemerality1822 ephemeral1870 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xx. 121 Gnats, beetles, etc...the whole tribe of ephemerals..may flit in and out. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 965 Let the breezy sunshine but bring out the winged ephemerals. 1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 577 Assemblies of important ephemerals who met to dispute the respective claims, etc. 1878 W. E. A. Axon Bk. Rarities Warrington Mus. 11 Some of these books are pure ephemerals. Derivatives eˈphemerally adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] transitorily1576 transiently1629 evanescently1847 flittingly1847 ephemerally1848 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. xiv. §4. 1. 467 The most ephemerally celebrated, and the really greatest poets (Byron and Shelley). 1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona ix. 101 Let him make good, not ephemerally..but definitely. eˈphemeralness n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience frailnessa1300 timelinessa1500 transitoriness1550 fleeting1616 temporality1635 wanzingness1642 transiency1647 impermanency1648 undurableness1648 transientness1653 fugacity1656 evanidness1659 fugaciousness1664 timeishness1674 timesomeness1674 volatilenessa1676 fleetingness1709 deciduousness1727 fleetness1727 momentaneousness1727 preterience1730 transience1739 evanescence1751 unpermanency1751 transitiveness1775 caducity1793 impermanence1796 ephemerality1822 passingness1839 transitionalness1880 anitya1882 diariness1891 anicca1904 ephemeralness1911 1911 G. H. Mair Eng. Lit.: Mod. ii. 48 Pamphlets or text books that have been preserved by accident from the ephemeralness which was the common lot of hundreds of their fellows. 1941 W. Lewis Let. 10 Aug. (1963) 295 The book-business, in America has been..reduced to a level of ephemeralness, news-value, and mere fact-finding past belief. 1969 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 16/3 Some of the enjoyment of a good performance lies in its very ephemeralness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1576
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