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Ephemeral
Lasting for such a short, beautiful moment that it's basically gone before you can hold onto it.
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Meet the Word
🔊 ih-FEM-er-ul · adjective
Something so short-lived that by the time you notice how beautiful it is, it's already fading. A sunset. A good mood. The two minutes after cookies come out of the oven. Ephemeral doesn't mean bad — it means precious specifically because it won't last.
This word started out as a medical term for a fever that only lasted one day — seriously. See how far it's traveled since then, and the one word people confuse it with that it absolutely does not mean.
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