1
[ adjective ] enduring a very short time

Examples

"the ephemeral joys of childhood" "a passing fancy" "youth's transient beauty" "love is transitory but at is eternal" "fugacious blossoms"

Related terms

impermanent

2
[ adjective ] enduring a very short time

Examples

"the ephemeral joys of childhood" "a passing fancy" "youth's transient beauty" "love is transitory but at is eternal" "fugacious blossoms"

Used in print

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

The second timely part of_this sketch of literature and the search for identity has to do with the difference between good and enduring literary_works and the ephemeral mass_culture products of today .

Related terms

impermanent

*