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ephemeral
01
lasting or existing for a small amount of time
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most ephemeral
Comparative
more ephemeral
gradable
Examples
The joy of childhood is often described as ephemeral, fleeting away as one grows older.
02
lasting just a day
Examples
The patient 's symptoms were diagnosed as an ephemeral fever, disappearing within 24 hours.
Ephemeral
01
something that lasts for a very short time
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
plural form
ephemerals
Examples
The festival was a beautiful ephemeral, gone as quickly as it arrived.
02
a type of plant that completes its life cycle in a very short period, typically thriving only for a brief season or under specific conditions
Examples
Desert ephemerals bloom quickly after rare rains and then disappear until the next season.
Lexical Tree
ephemerality
ephemeralness
ephemeral
ephemer
