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Definition of fugacious in English: fugaciousadjective fjʊˈɡeɪʃəsfjuˈɡeɪʃəs literary Tending to disappear; fleeting. she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth Example sentencesExamples - Its flowers, however, are very fugacious, so much so that it is difficult to obtain good specimens, the mere gathering causing them to fall; hermaphrodite flowers, though carefully sought, were not seen.
- They are very fugacious, and now and then apparently absent.
Synonyms brief, transient, short-lived, short, momentary, sudden, cursory, transitory, ephemeral, fugitive, evanescent, fading, vanishing, flying, fly-by-night, passing, flitting, here today and gone tomorrow, temporary, impermanent, short-term, rapid, quick, swift, rushed
Derivatives adverb literary Tropic of Cancer is nothing short of a true reflection of life, caught fugaciously through the written word; and this is a monumental and heroic accomplishment. Example sentencesExamples - His mastery of note production and resonance, his frequent recourse to tremolo and other nuances are redolent of the art of great blues musicians and maybe, more fugaciously, of the one of Indian sitar players, as an indirect confirmation of his proclaimed admiration for John Coltrane.
- As the fugaciously dour temperament slips his mind, he asks if he'll find what he's been searching for all this time.
- Ah, I weep for you, placid hours that disappeared from the scene of my life more rapidly and fugaciously than lightning that shines on the dark road of the traveler.
- Ah, I weep for you, placid hours that disappeared from the scene of my life more rapidly and fugaciously than the lightning that shines on the dark road of the traveler.
noun literary ‘Eclipses’ is the title given to a cycle of paintings (oil painting on beeswax) and drawings (gouaches, graphite on Japanese paper) that explores the butterfly phenomenon as an image of fugaciousness. Example sentencesExamples - The title ‘still living’ is an obvious allusion to the art historical genre of the still life - depictions of Vanitas alluding to the passing of time in general and to the fugaciousness and transience of all human life.
- If you are hunting, forget all about accounts collectable, bills unpayable, your wife's parting remarks, the fugaciousness of time, and the seductiveness of the next field.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin fugax, fugac- (from fugere 'flee') + -ious. Rhymes Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious Definition of fugacious in US English: fugaciousadjectivefyo͞oˈɡāSHəsfjuˈɡeɪʃəs literary Tending to disappear; fleeting. she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth Example sentencesExamples - They are very fugacious, and now and then apparently absent.
- Its flowers, however, are very fugacious, so much so that it is difficult to obtain good specimens, the mere gathering causing them to fall; hermaphrodite flowers, though carefully sought, were not seen.
Synonyms brief, transient, short-lived, short, momentary, sudden, cursory, transitory, ephemeral, fugitive, evanescent, fading, vanishing, flying, fly-by-night, passing, flitting, here today and gone tomorrow, temporary, impermanent, short-term, rapid, quick, swift, rushed
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin fugax, fugac- (from fugere ‘flee’) + -ious. |