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ephemerality

noun

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ity.

  1. derived from ἐφήμερος
  2. borrowed from ephemerus
  3. suffixed as ephemerality — “ephemeral + ity”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being ephemeral

    The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

    • But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting.

  2. Something that is ephemeral.

    • So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ephemerality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA