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Definition of Ephemeralness
1. Noun. The property of lasting for a very short time.
Generic synonyms: Transience, Transiency, Transitoriness
Derivative terms: Ephemeral, Ephemeral, Fleeting
Definition of Ephemeralness
1. Noun. The quality of being ephemeral or transitory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephemeralness
Literary usage of Ephemeralness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1904)
"... mushroom- like growth and a Jonah-gourd-like ephemeralness, but goaded the
Gulliver of the Church of England to madness. Mr. Hutton has also read many ..."
2. Representative French lyrics of the nineteenth century by George Neely Henning (1913)
"This joy is of course not unclouded ; from the contemplation of the ruins of the
past, from reflections on the ephemeralness of grandeur and the brevity of ..."
3. Poet Lore (1898)
"Like her, I felt fear of the ephemeralness of time. I gazed at the mist streaking
over the Eagle and the Swan, or over the two Bears, the Dragon, ..."
4. Music (1899)
"The work of the Southern poet is frequently published in small volumes and even
smaller editions, or is lost in newspaper ephemeralness. ..."
5. Hawthorne's Country by Helen Archibald Clarke (1910)
"... intensified in Hawthorne by his love of beauty, and he therefore has moods in
which he would fain do away with the ephemeralness of earthly beauty. ..."
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