Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ephemerid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ephemerid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any in the family Ephemeridae of mayflies.

Example Sentences

"I had flown in a helicopter with Javits and Bobby Kennedy. I was skirring around New York like an ephemerid, my jacket lined with jolly psychedelic green."

Etymology

From translingual Ephemeridae, from New Latin ephemerus, from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros), the more common form of ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios, “of, for, or during the day, living or lasting but for a day, short-lived, temporary”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ephemeridae, ephemerus, ἐφήμερος

Inflected Forms

ephemerids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ephemeris

Synonyms

ephemeropteran

Questions

What does ephemerid mean?: Any in the family Ephemeridae of mayflies.
Where does ephemerid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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