ephemera

Meaning of ephemera

plural noun
  1. things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.
    there were papers, letters, old boxes—all sorts of ephemera

late 16th century: plural of ephemeron, from Greek, neuter of ephēmeros ‘lasting only a day’. As a singular noun the word originally denoted a plant said by ancient writers to last only one day, or an insect with a short lifespan, and hence was applied (late 18th century) to a person or thing of short-lived interest. Current use has been influenced by plurals such as trivia and memorabilia .

Information about ephemera

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of ephemera is: ephemeras.
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Hyphenation of ephemera

ephemera

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • ephemera is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with ephemera

Mera, Pentamera, Pseudotetramera, Tamera, Tetramera, aerocamera, anticamera, camera, gastrocamera, microcamera, minicamera, pseudotetramera, recamera, stereocamera, telecamera, Emera, Ephemera, Hemera, hemera, octaemera, zoehemera, Chimera, Dimera, Pseudotrimera, Trimera, chimera, lindheimera, Almera, wommera, Heteromera, Isomera, Woomera, diapheromera, glomera, phytomera, womera, woomera, darmera, Asmera, Hymera

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