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fu·ga·cious    Audio Help   [fyoo-gey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
2.Botany. falling or fading early.

[Origin: 1625–35; < L fugāci- (s. of fugāx apt to flee, fleet, deriv. of fugere to flee + -ous]

fu·ga·cious·ly, adverb
fu·ga·cious·ness, fu·gac·i·ty    Audio Help   [fyoo-gas-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun
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fu·ga·cious    Audio Help   (fyōō-gā'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Passing away quickly; evanescent.
  2. Botany Withering or dropping off early.


[From Latin fugāx, fugāc-, from fugere, to flee.]

fu·ga'cious·ly adv., fu·ga'cious·ness, fu·gac'i·ty (-gās'ĭ-tē) n.
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fugacious

adjective
lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral

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Fugacious

Fu*ga"cious\, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace. See Fugitive.]

1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.

Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. --Jer. Taylor.

2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
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