ephemeronn.

/ɪˈfɛmərən/

Forms: Plural 1600s–1800s ephemera, 1800s ephemerons.

Etymology: < Greek (ζῷον) ἐϕήμερον (Aristotle H.A. i. v.), neuter of ἐϕήμερος : see ephemera n.²

1. An insect, which, in its winged state, lives but for a day. Cf. ephemera n.²

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

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §697 There are certain Flyes, that are called Ephemera, that liue but a day.

1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 30 The Ephemeron, a Fly that lives but five Hours.

1844 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 210 An ephemeron, hovering over a pool for its one April day of life.

1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 The most beautiful species of our ephemera, the green and grey drakes, must not be forgotten.

2. figurative. A short-lived person, institution, or production.

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

shadowa1272

breathc1275

cloudc1384

cherry-fair1393

transitorya1500

fume1531

forwhilea1557

flitter1623

ephemeran1643

daysman1658

transient1660

fugitive1683

transiency1728

ephemera1751

ephemeron1771

perishable1822

toadstool1823

evanescence1830

a sometime thing1935

1771 Bachelor (1773) I. No. 38. 254 Unnotic'd, dull invective lyes, A mere Ephemeron it dyes, Or but provokes a jest.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 371 This political ephemeron [constitution formed by the National Assembly in 1791].

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 78 All the human ephemera of Lisbon.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 208 Every ephemeron of a tale-writer, a dramatist, etc.

1859 F. W. Fairholt Tobacco iii. 61 Samuel Rowlands, a prolific writer of ephemera.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle 173 A cloud of sedulous ephemera still suck a little spiritual moisture.

3. A plant described by ancient writers. Obsolete.Some ancient authors distinguish two plants called ephemeron: one so named because springing up and dying in one day, the other as being a poison that causes death within a day.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > biblical, mythical, or plants of antiquity > [noun]

honeysucklea1387

heath1535

bulbine1548

tragium1567

alimon1572

behen1578

ephemeron1578

spattania1583

cassia1594

anacampserote1601

springwort1862

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlv. 204 If it be Ephemeron as it seemeth to be, then it is good for the teeth.

1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) ii. To Rdr. ⁋9 Many writings are like the plant Ephemeron; which springeth, flourisheth, and fadeth in one day.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 35 It [goat's milk] helps against the ephemeron or cantharides [mistranslates contra cantharidas et contra ephemeri potum Plin. N.H. xxviii. xlv].

4. attributive.

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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

1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 3) iv. xi. 183 Swammerdam observes of the Ephemeron-Worms, that their Food is Clay.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Travellers into Arabia tell us of several Ephemeron Trees which grow every Day, from Morn to Noon, and then disappear.

a1791 J. Wesley Serm. in Wks. (1811) IX. 115 An Ephemeron Fly lives six hours.

1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 115 Several singular coincidencies alone gave the ephemeron critic his temporary existence.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii. 454 An ephemeron fly [produces] a cod-bait maggot.

Draft additions 1993

b. plural ephemera. Printed matter of no lasting value except to collectors, as tickets, posters, greetings cards, etc.

ΚΠ

1938 Proc. Special Libraries Assoc. I. 55 (heading) Pamphlets and ephemera.

1943 Gloss. Libr. Terms (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 53 Ephemera. 1. Current material, usually pamphlets and clippings, of temporary interest and value. 2. Similar material of the past which has acquired literary or historical significance.

1956 Library Sept. 8 (advt.) Catalogues offering rare and interesting books, pamphlets and ephemera post free.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 126 Faddy ephemera covered its walls: posters of Jimi Hendrix, Auden and Isherwood, Rasputin.

1981 Times 2 Nov. 10/7 The Ephemera Society's 1981 award of the Samuel Pepys medal for an outstanding contribution to ephemera studies has been made to Mr John Lewis, the graphic designer and typographer.

Draft additions 1993

eˈphemerist n.² a collector of ephemera (sense 2).

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector

bibliophile1824

antiquist1856

trophy hunter1862

antiquer1906

cartophilist1936

phillumenist1943

deltiologist1959

tegestologist1960

notaphilist1970

ephemerist1976

scripophile1978

scripophilist1979

1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 2 Nov. 3/7 The hoarders, or ephemerists as they prefer to be known, are people who collect the printed oddments of everyday life.

1990 Sunday Tel. 27 May (Review section) p. iv/5 Almost all the material that ephemerists collect is intrinsically worthless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ephemeron
释义	ephemeronn. /ɪˈfɛmərən/ Forms: Plural 1600s–1800s ephemera, 1800s ephemerons. Etymology: < Greek (ζῷον) ἐϕήμερον (Aristotle H.A. i. v.), neuter of ἐϕήμερος : see ephemera n.² 1. An insect, which, in its winged state, lives but for a day. Cf. ephemera n.² 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 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §697 There are certain Flyes, that are called Ephemera, that liue but a day. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 30 The Ephemeron, a Fly that lives but five Hours. 1844 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 210 An ephemeron, hovering over a pool for its one April day of life. 1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 The most beautiful species of our ephemera, the green and grey drakes, must not be forgotten. 2. figurative. A short-lived person, institution, or production. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being shadowa1272 breathc1275 cloudc1384 cherry-fair1393 transitorya1500 fume1531 forwhilea1557 flitter1623 ephemeran1643 daysman1658 transient1660 fugitive1683 transiency1728 ephemera1751 ephemeron1771 perishable1822 toadstool1823 evanescence1830 a sometime thing1935 1771 Bachelor (1773) I. No. 38. 254 Unnotic'd, dull invective lyes, A mere Ephemeron it dyes, Or but provokes a jest. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 371 This political ephemeron [constitution formed by the National Assembly in 1791]. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 78 All the human ephemera of Lisbon. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 208 Every ephemeron of a tale-writer, a dramatist, etc. 1859 F. W. Fairholt Tobacco iii. 61 Samuel Rowlands, a prolific writer of ephemera. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle 173 A cloud of sedulous ephemera still suck a little spiritual moisture. 3. A plant described by ancient writers. Obsolete.Some ancient authors distinguish two plants called ephemeron: one so named because springing up and dying in one day, the other as being a poison that causes death within a day. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > biblical, mythical, or plants of antiquity > [noun] honeysucklea1387 heath1535 bulbine1548 tragium1567 alimon1572 behen1578 ephemeron1578 spattania1583 cassia1594 anacampserote1601 springwort1862 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlv. 204 If it be Ephemeron as it seemeth to be, then it is good for the teeth. 1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) ii. To Rdr. ⁋9 Many writings are like the plant Ephemeron; which springeth, flourisheth, and fadeth in one day. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 35 It [goat's milk] helps against the ephemeron or cantharides [mistranslates contra cantharidas et contra ephemeri potum Plin. N.H. xxviii. xlv]. 4. attributive. 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 1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 3) iv. xi. 183 Swammerdam observes of the Ephemeron-Worms, that their Food is Clay. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Travellers into Arabia tell us of several Ephemeron Trees which grow every Day, from Morn to Noon, and then disappear. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. in Wks. (1811) IX. 115 An Ephemeron Fly lives six hours. 1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 115 Several singular coincidencies alone gave the ephemeron critic his temporary existence. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii. 454 An ephemeron fly [produces] a cod-bait maggot. Draft additions 1993 b. plural ephemera. Printed matter of no lasting value except to collectors, as tickets, posters, greetings cards, etc. ΚΠ 1938 Proc. Special Libraries Assoc. I. 55 (heading) Pamphlets and ephemera. 1943 Gloss. Libr. Terms (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 53 Ephemera. 1. Current material, usually pamphlets and clippings, of temporary interest and value. 2. Similar material of the past which has acquired literary or historical significance. 1956 Library Sept. 8 (advt.) Catalogues offering rare and interesting books, pamphlets and ephemera post free. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 126 Faddy ephemera covered its walls: posters of Jimi Hendrix, Auden and Isherwood, Rasputin. 1981 Times 2 Nov. 10/7 The Ephemera Society's 1981 award of the Samuel Pepys medal for an outstanding contribution to ephemera studies has been made to Mr John Lewis, the graphic designer and typographer. Draft additions 1993 eˈphemerist n.² a collector of ephemera (sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector bibliophile1824 antiquist1856 trophy hunter1862 antiquer1906 cartophilist1936 phillumenist1943 deltiologist1959 tegestologist1960 notaphilist1970 ephemerist1976 scripophile1978 scripophilist1979 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 2 Nov. 3/7 The hoarders, or ephemerists as they prefer to be known, are people who collect the printed oddments of everyday life. 1990 Sunday Tel. 27 May (Review section) p. iv/5 Almost all the material that ephemerists collect is intrinsically worthless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578
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