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Ephemeron   Listen
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Ephemeron  n.  (pl. ephemera)  (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ephemeron" Quotes from Famous Books



... finger of Death was upon her bosom—that, like the ephemeron, she had been made perfect in loveliness only to die; but the terrors of the grave to her lay solely in a consideration which she revealed to me, one evening at twilight, by the banks of the River of Silence. She grieved to think that, having ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... Mrs. Waylett to shine in the same hemisphere with that little brilliant, Mrs. Keeley, and "a gem of the first water" she proved herself to be on Wednesday night. It would be useless to enter into the detail of the plot of an ephemeron, that depends more upon its quips and cranks than dramatic construction for its success. It abounds in merry conceits, which that merriest of—dare we call her mere woman?—little Mrs. Bob rendered as pointed as a Whitechapel needle of ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various



Words linked to "Ephemeron" :   insect, ephemeral



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