ephemerality

e·phem·er·al

 (ĭ-fĕm′ər-əl)

adj.

1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: "There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript" (Irving R. Kaufman).

2. Having a short lifespan or a short annual period of aboveground growth. Used especially of plants.

n.

Something, especially a plant, that is ephemeral.

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[From Greek ephēmeros : ep-, epi-, epi- + hēmerā, day.]

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e·phem′er·al′i·ty, e·phem′er·al·ness n.

e·phem′er·al·ly adv.

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Noun

1.

ephemerality - the property of lasting for a very short time ephemeralness, fleetingness transience, transiency, transitoriness - an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

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