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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-921/
- Published: 2022-08-07T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-07T18:44:32.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

ephemeral (adjective):

1 : lasting a very short time  
2 : lasting one day only

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ephemeral?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : In its aquatic immature stages, the mayfly (order Ephemeroptera) has all the time in the world—or not quite: among the approximately 2,500 species of mayflies, some have as much as two years, but a year is more common. But in its adult phase, the typical mayfly hatches, takes wing for the first time, mates, and dies within the span of a few short hours. This briefest of heydays makes the insect a potent symbol of life’s ephemeral nature. When ephemeral (from the Greek word ephemeros, meaning “lasting a day”) first appeared in print in English in the late 16th century, it was a scientific term applied to short-term fevers, and later, to organisms (such as insects and flowers) with very short life spans. Soon after that, it acquired an extended sense referring to anything fleeting and short-lived, as in “ephemeral pleasures.”

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