ephemeral

1- Lasting for a markedly brief time: “There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript” (Irving R. Kaufman).
2- Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.

"the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

by phatmatt27 August 19, 2005

ephemeral

Having everlasting beauty.

Damn, that person is ephemeral.

by Umboiifyoudont December 04, 2016

Ephemeral

Lasting for a short period of time; typically one day.
Or
A short-lived experience.

The feeling was ephemeral.
The spring is ephemeral.
You have an ephemeral experience in life.

by ♥!Me!♥ April 07, 2015

ephemerable

Having the quality of fleetingness; having the likelihood or ability to become ephemeral

Kindle books are speculated to be ephemerable after their mysterious disappearance from users' devices.

by yourfatherandfriends May 24, 2013

ephemeral dream

Ephemeral dream is what you call a short man of Mexican descent living in america.

pav: yo bro that's ephemeral dream walking right there

random fanboy: yeah we should say hi to him

by pazel March 16, 2022

The happiness stays with me, for the ephemeral.

The happiness stays with me, for the ephemeral.

The happiness stays with me, for the ephemeral.

by March 15, 2021

Ephemeral Idealization Paradox

A literary device where a character's pursuit of an ideal or unattainable desire is intensified by its fleeting, transient nature. This paradoxical longing becomes more powerful and all-consuming precisely because the object of desire is perpetually elusive or only exists as a constructed ideal rather than a tangible reality.

Daniel's relentless pursuit of Michael is an embodiment of the Ephemeral Idealization Paradox, where his desire for her grows more obsessive precisely because the perfect version of her he envisions exists only in the shimmering, unreachable past.

by jiangjiangism March 26, 2025