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ephemera

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. something transitory; lasting a day an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron ] [also: ephemerae (pl)]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Finally, arguably, a bit of ephemera . ▪ In general, the library will not subscribe to newsletters or other ephemera without good scientific justification. 2. ▪ It is not just artistic ephemera which suffer from metal fatigue ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ephemera \E*phem"e*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a day fly, fr. ? daily, lasting but a day; ? over + ? day.] (Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly , under ...

Usage examples of ephemera.

Now, with the Eater contained and virtually forgotten, the shifting worlds of Ephemera have been kept stable by the magic of the Landscapers.

Eater of the World set free in Ephemera, that this thing they fear cannot be destroyed completely because It was manifested from the darkest desires of their own hearts?

How can we tell them that, even with our guidance and intervention, the link between Ephemera and the human heart is unbreakable, and the world around them is nothing more or less than a reflection of themselves?

It is especially true for Landscapers, because we are the sieve through which Ephemera manifests what is reflected in all those hearts.

Whatever Glorianna could coax Ephemera into manifesting within that garden was all the world the girl would know.

But long ago, Ephemera had harnessed itself to the human heart, and it constantly made and remade itself in response to those hearts.

Its glee in having tricked Ephemera into giving up a piece of itself, no matter how small, It reshaped the ground to provide an access point into one of Its own landscapes.

We came from lands all across Ephemera to fight the Eater of the World, but now that the world has become a confusion of shuffled, broken pieces, we can no longer find the places we called home.

And we will nurture the hope of someday restoring our world by protecting Ephemera from the human heart.

The Den was filled with the same powerful resonance that had given Ephemera the strength to resist reshaping more than a small anchor point in that other dark, demon landscape.

But despite the power you and the others will ham to wield for the good of Ephemera, you are all, in many ways, still children.

Landscapers to break the world into pieces was once more free to unfurl Its full power and turn Ephemera into a nightmarish hunting ground.

It was a feeling that went through her whenever Ephemera intervened to stop her from doing something that went against some primal knowledge that lived within her heart.

And like you, the wizards decided she was a danger to Ephemera and sealed her into her garden at the school, using their magic to create boundaries in the landscapes she had access to in order to isolate her in a kind of living death.

Landscapers alike, and certainly a danger to Ephemera, but only for the past fifteen years.