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fugacious

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fu⋅ga⋅cious

  [fyoo-gey-shuhs]
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–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

Related forms:
fu⋅ga⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
fu⋅ga⋅cious⋅ness, fu⋅gac⋅i⋅ty  [fyoo-gas-i-tee] , noun
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fu·ga·cious   (fyōō-gā'shəs)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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