Something that is fleeting or short lived is ephemeral, like a fly that lives for one day or text messages flitting from cellphone to cellphone.
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal;
Adjective S.
enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth''s transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
a.
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no
longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
a.
Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time
only.
n.
Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an
ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
Ephemeral
Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy.
Ephemeral
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal;
Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
Usage Examples
Once music ceases to be ephemeral - always disappearing - and becomes instead material... it leaves the condition of traditional music and enters the condition of painting. It becomes a painting, existing as material in space, not immaterial in time.
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Other Usage ExamplesPatriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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