fugitivenessn.
/ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪvnɪs/ The quality or condition of being fugitive (see the adjective).
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the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]
unstablenessc1340
varyingc1380
uncertaintyc1384
brotelnessc1386
were1390
instabilityc1422
bricklenessa1425
changeability?a1425
changeableness1447
vertibility1447
mutability?a1475
variableness?a1475
inconstance1509
mutationa1542
fickleness1548
variety1548
unconstancy1563
mobility1567
unstability1572
vicissitude1576
variousness1607
inconstancy1613
slipperinessa1618
alterableness1633
versatilousness1640
bottomlessness1642
lability1651
brittlety1652
versatileness1654
fluctuancy1659
fugitivenessa1661
alterability1661
permutability1662
unfixedness1668
mutablenessa1677
flittingnessa1680
frailness1687
flittiness1692
versability1721
plasticity1727
variability1771
unestablishment1776
fluctuabilitya1786
changefulness1791
unsettledness1799
versatility1802
harlequinism1808
fluidity1824
fitfulness1825
sensitiveness1825
insubstantiality1848
contingency1858
rootlessness1859
shiftingness1866
ficklety1888
variancy1888
impredicability1906
proteanism1909
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away > tendency to
fugitivenessa1661
the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > ability to become vapour > volatility
volatility1626
fugacity1656
fugitivenessa1661
volatilenessa1676
fugaciousness1875
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 38 The Ficklenesse and Fugitivenesse of such Servants, justly addeth a valuation to their Constancy, who are Standards in a Family.
1664 H. More Antidote Idolatry 2 The Ludicrousnesse and Fugitivenesse of our wanton Reason.
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) v. 318 That also divers Salts..are very Volatile, is plain from the fugitiveness of Salt.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. i. 2 The suddenness and fugitiveness of the interest taken in them.
1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 72 What with my sense of its fugitiveness, and over-care to get the greatest quantity of pleasure out of it.
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