Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A plural of ephemeron.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fever which lasts but a day or a very short period.
- n. [capitalized] [NL.] In entomology, the typical genus of May-flies or day-flies of the family Ephemeridæ, having three long caudal filaments. E. vulgata is a common European species; E. (Leptophlebia) cupida is one of the commonest in the northeastern United States. See cut under
day-fly . - n. A May-fly, day-fly, or shad-fly; an ephemerid. See Ephemeridæ and May-fly.
- n. Anything very short-lived.
- n. Plural of ephemeron.
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of ephemeron.
- n. transitory things
- n. publications that are designed to be short-lived
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fever of one day's continuance only.
- n. A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
WordNet 3.0
- n. something transitory; lasting a day
Examples
“Man, the latest of the ephemera, is pitifully a creature of temperature, strutting his brief day on the thermometer.”
“Specialty dealers David Margolis and Jean Moss from Santa Fe, NM, specialists in ephemera, photography, and fine books; and, Terry Belanger, 2005 MacArthur Fellow, and founder of Rare Book School, University of Virginia.”
“Talk about ephemera from the past … a recent eBay purchase arrived stored in this ancient looking plastic bag:”
“So, any ephemera from the creation of that story about cranky old Hagar comprise the literary world's version of splinters from the cross.”
“The site is described as a comprehensive collection of newpaper articles, cemetery ledgers, photos, personal correspondence, obituaries and other ephemera from the Woodgate/White Lake area.”
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Woodgate Digitization Project
“The Woodgate Digitization Project is, as the site states, a "comprehensive collection of newpaper articles, cemetery ledgers, photos, personal correspondence, obituaries and other ephemera from the Woodgate/White Lake area.”
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Mid-York Digitization Projects
“The Disney Paper Resource center features descriptions and thumbnails of amazing vintage paper Disney ephemera from the 50s onward.”
“The ephemera is another of this order, which rises from the lakes in such quantities in some countries, that the rustics have carried cart-loads of them to manure their corn lands; the larva swims in the water: in its fly-state the pleasures of life are of short duration, as its marriage, production of its progeny, and funeral, are often celebrated in one day.”
“The $79.99 tabards (chainmail not included) are on pre-order now for a first quarter 2010 release, so while you won’t have the item on the holiday morning, just knowing this piece of ephemera is on the way should have the giddy with glee. via Sideshow Collectibles”
“It’s been a while since I’ve shared some weird ephemera from the past.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ephemera’.
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Blippets
Time~sphere phenomena, manipulations, fluctuations, processes, measurements, and oddities. For use in building my machine.
microfortnight, transilient, instant, flash, breath, blink, beat, momentary, nimesha, truti, second, centisecond and 111 more...
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Good mouth feel words
just like it sounds
detritus, qua, denouement, translucent, obsequious, prismatic, Lanquidity, interestingness, dailiness, messily, liquefy, randomalia and 3 more...
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Slam Fodder
Those words that will inevitable end up in a Slam Poem
feel free to challenge me!:)bumptious, gamekeeper, slamily, burbuliatorius, cryptomnesia, paradox, pulchritudinous, mimetic, anhedonia, skelf, rampike, furlough and 84 more...
reesetee In book/print collecting, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time. Examples: pamphlets, notices, broadsides. Feb 20, 2007