Definition:
Ephemeral describes something that exists for only a short time before fading away. It is often used for delicate or fleeting things—mist that vanishes with sunlight, a passing shadow, or a moment that cannot be held for long. In atmospheric or gothic writing, the word emphasizes how quickly certain sights or sensations vanish, leaving only the memory that they were there at all.
More from “E”
Other entries drifting in the same part of the Harbor Lexicon.
Echo
Quick Detail: Echo is a sound that rebounds from distant surfaces and returns faintly, repeating or lingering in the air.
Eerie
Quick Detail: Eerie is a strange or unsettling feeling caused by something that seems quietly unnatural or unexplained.
Effigy
Quick Detail: Effigy is a crafted figure made to represent a person or being, often used as a symbol, stand-in, or ritual object.
Egress
Quick Detail: Egress is the act of leaving or a path leading out, marking the route from an enclosed place to open space.