ephemera
pronunciation
How to pronounce ephemera in British English:
UK [ɪˈfemərə]
How to pronounce ephemera in American English:
US [ɪˈfɛmərə]
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- Noun:
- something transitory; lasting a day
- an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Word Origin
- ephemera (n.)
- late 14c., originally a medical term, from Medieval Latin ephemera (febris) "(fever) lasting a day," from fem. of ephemerus, from Greek ephemeros "daily, for the day," also "lasting or living only one day, short-lived," from epi "on" (see epi-) + hemerai, dative of hemera "day," from PIE *amer- "day." Sense extended 17c. to short-lived insects (Modern Latin ephemera musca) and flowers; general sense of "thing of transitory existence" is first attested 1751. Compare Greek ephemeroi "men," literally "creatures of a day."
Example
- 1. It seems like so much ephemera : a teacup , a plate .
- 2. We live in an increasingly virtual world and the physicality of carpentry seems completely opposite to internet ephemera .
- 3. Ephemera you say I 'm a bitch like it is a bad thing mouse pad mousepad .
- 4. But angiomas in this part of the brain have also been associated visual aury ephemera .
- 5. All that changes today , when anchor bay releases the film for the first time ever on dvd in the u. s , including in a 4-blu-ray / dvd package with the theatrical and director 's cuts , the more politically provocative sequel battle royale ii , and a bonus disc of documentaries and ephemera .