ephemerid

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Those who play a waiting game have matters more in their own hands, time gives them double chances; whereas if success does not come at once to the ephemerid he misses it altogether.

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  • Those who play a waiting game have matters more in their own hands, time gives them double chances; whereas if success does not come at once to the ephemerid he misses it altogether. —  The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
 

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  1. From New Latin Ephēmeridae, former order name, from Greek ephēmeron, mayfly; see ephemeron.
 

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/ɛˈfɛmərɪd/
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