What does ephemerous mean?

ephemerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Hope, fear, alarm, jealouſy, the ephemerous tale that does its buſineſs and dies in a day, all theſe things, which are the reins and ſpurs by which leaders check or urge the minds of followers, are not eaſily employed, or hardly at all, amongſt ſcattered people."

more ephemerous (comparative) most ephemerous (superlative)

ephemeroid

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