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ephemerous, a.|ɪˈfɛmərəs|
[f. ephemer-on + -ous.]
Having the nature of, or resembling, an ephemeron; transitory.
a1660Hammond 19 Serm. vi. Wks. 1684 IV, Our ephemerous wishes, that no man can distinguish from true piety, but by their sudden death. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 282 The ephemerous tale that does its business and dies in a day. 1872Darwin Orig. Spec. xiv. 386 A certain ephemerous insect during its development, moults..above twenty times. |