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ephemeron

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron), neuter form of ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros).

  1. borrowed from ἐφήμερον

Definitions

  1. Something short-lived or transitory.

    • Ah!—so frail are we— So like the brief ephemeron that wheels Its momentary round, we scarce can weep Our own bereavements, ere we haste to share The clay with those we mourn.

  2. A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit…

    A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ephemeron. 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