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Meaning of "ephemerous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPHEMEROUS

ephemerous  [ɪˈfɛmərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPHEMEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ephemerous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EPHEMEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ephemerous in the English dictionary

The definition of ephemerous in the dictionary is relating to an ephemeron. Other definition of ephemerous is short-lived.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPHEMEROUS


amorous
ˈæmərəs
clamorous
ˈklæmərəs
decamerous
dɪˈkæmərəs
dimerous
ˈdɪmərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
humerus
ˈhjuːmərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
innumerous
ɪnˈjuːmərəs
monomerous
mɒˈnɒmərəs
murmurous
ˈmɜːmərəs
nemorous
ˈnɛmərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
octamerous
ɒkˈtæmərəs
oligomerous
ˌɒlɪˈɡɒmərəs
temerous
ˈtɛmərəs
timorous
ˈtɪmərəs
tremorous
ˈtrɛmərəs
tumorous
ˈtjuːmərəs
unglamorous
ʌnˈɡlæmərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPHEMEROUS

ephebophilia
ephedra
ephedrin
ephedrine
ephelis
ephemera
ephemerae
ephemeral
ephemerality
ephemerally
ephemeralness
ephemerid
ephemerides
ephemeridian
ephemeris
ephemeris time
ephemerist
ephemeron
ephemeropteran

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPHEMEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
murderous
noncancerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
rigorous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of ephemerous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ephemerous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPHEMEROUS

Find out the translation of ephemerous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ephemerous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ephemerous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ephemerous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

efímero
570 millions of speakers

English

ephemerous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ephemerous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ephemerous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ephemerous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

efémero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ephemerous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éphémère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ephemerous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ephemerous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ephemerous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ephemerous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ephemerous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ephemerous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ephemerous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ephemerous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

effimero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ephemerous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ephemerous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

efemerele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ephemerous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ephemerous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ephemerous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ephemerous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ephemerous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPHEMEROUS»

The term «ephemerous» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPHEMEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ephemerous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ephemerous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ephemerous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPHEMEROUS»

Discover the use of ephemerous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ephemerous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Presages of Life and Death in Diseases: In Seven Books. ...
Pestilential Fevers are also distinguish'd into those of the ephemerous, putrid . and hectic Kinds. The ephemerous Kind is that which seizes the Patient in the same Manner with an Ephemera, and is generated by a Corruption of the Spirits of ...
Prosper Alpini, Hieronymus David Gaubius, 1746
2
The presages of life and death in diseases, in seven books, ...
Pestilential Fevers are also distinguish'd into those of the ephemerous, putrid and hectic Kinds. The ephemerous Kind is that which seizes the Patient in the fame Manner with an Ephemera, and is generated by a Corruption ot the Spirits of the  ...
Prosper Alpinus, 1746
3
The Works of Francis Rabelais
This made him boldly say, that he did not desire to be esteemed a physician, if from hit twenty-eighth: year to his old age he had not lived in perfect health, except gome + ephemerous fevers, of which he soon rid himself : yet he was not  ...
Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, 1807
4
Origin Of Species (6Th Ed.):
A certain ephemerous insect (Chloeon) during its development, moults, asshown by SirJ. Lubbock, above twentytimes, and eachtime undergoesa certain amount of change; andinthiscasewe see the actof metamorphosis performed in a ...
Charles Darwin, 2014
5
The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D.
... ephemerous Fevers, of which he soon rid himself ; yet he was not naturally of the soundest Temper, his Sto- 4 tpumi] A Sentence asciib'd by Plutarch to a Certain Tragic Pott. See hit Discourse against Colotes the tyicii- * Ephemerous Fevers.
François Rabelais, Mr. Ozell (John), Peter Anthony Motteux, 1737
6
The Monthly Review
Of any other writer, who had made a less sublime declaration, we should have been strongly tempted to ask the meaning of those choice phrases with which this pamphlet abounds : ' ephemerous horrors of hideous self views,' p. z. ' the ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1796
7
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
At any rate, we most cordially congratulate the learned authors on their being permitted to contemplate two splendid and airy balls of some of the ephemerous families; which reminded them, they say, ' of angels and glorified spirits, drinking life ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1817
8
The Antiquities and History of Ireland
Moreover (fays lurner) this generation of Bernacles will not seem Jo strange to those who have read what Aristotle writes of the Ephemerous bird, generated of certain leaves in the River Hypanis. To confirm this opinion, fee what Jo. Gerard ...
Sir James Ware, 1705
9
SPIN
Just six months before, he'd been reciting his Beat-inflected mini-epics strictly for Rio's nearly nonexistent performance art world; then he managed to cut an LP ( titled after him and his band, the Ephemerous Robots) and land "Katia Flavia" on  ...
10
Biogeography and ecology of Turkmenistan
typical Kcmrud sagebrush associations; ephemerous and ephemeroid Kcmrud sagebrush associations; psammophyte Kemrud sagebrush associations typical Badghyz sagebrush associations; ephemerous and ephemeroid sagebrush ...
Victor Fet, Khabibulla Ishchanovich Atamuradov, 1994

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPHEMEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ephemerous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Darker Side of Success
Happiness is, at best, volatile and ephemerous. A song by the Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes reminds us that the lifespan of happiness is ... «Huffington Post UK, Nov 14»
2
First Person: Rodrigo Amarante
RA: I'm aware that identity is something ephemerous and transitory. And I saw this place as a great place, an opportunity. When you travel, the good thing about ... «KCET, Sep 14»
3
Taking Notes On Your Laptop Could Be Ruining Your Test Scores
Typing just leaves ephemerous blips on a screen. I remember a long time back reading some Paul de Man, the literary critic, who laid out a ... «io9, May 14»
4
Embark On Tycho And Gabe's Latest Adventure On The Rain-Slick …
In Episode Three, you join Tycho Ephemerous Brahe, who is a serious scholar of apocalyptic studies turned detective, and his sillier partner, ... «AppAdvice, Oct 12»

REFERENCE
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