ephemeral
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ephemeral
adjective brevis, brief, caducous, continuing for a short time, deciduous, disappearing, elusive, enduring only a very short time, ephemerous, evanescent, existing for a short time, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, hurried, impermanent, lasting a very short time, meteoric, meteorical, momentary, mortal, nondurable, not lasting, passing, perishable, short, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory, unenduring, unius diei, vanishing, volatileSee also: brief, insubstantial, nonsubstantial, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile