OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3306

ephemeral

/ɛˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
efímero
Lasting for a short period of time.
1821-1822, Vicesimus Knox, Remarks on the tendency of certain Clauses in a Bill now pending in Parliament to degrade Grammar Schools Esteem, lasting esteem, the esteem of good men,…
sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy