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The word of the day is ‘ephemeral’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Momentary
2. Passing
3. Lasting for a very short time.
4. Short-lived
1. Some readers may smile at the notion of taking seriously these ephemeral productions.
2. But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral.
3. For a pitiable and ephemeral chase after happiness, which you call to honour and freedom.
4. Life is precarious as the fall of a die at best an ephemeral business.
5. Some seek eternal beauty and place their ephemeral life in the infinite.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fleeting, short-lived, transitory, brief, fugitive, short, temporary, transient, volatile, episodic, evanescent, flitting, fugacious, impermanent, passing, momentary, brief, cursory, short-term, fading, fly-by-night. etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
enduring, lasting, lengthy, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, long, eternal, everlasting, interminable etc.
Quotation:
The appeal of perfume is that it is at once ephemeral and empowering. It creates a shimmering invisible armor that lingers in a room long after its wearer has gone and infuses our imagination with a subtle power, hinting at a hidden identity.
Mary Gaitskill
Social Example:
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