fugacious
/fjʊˈɡeɪʃəs
/adjective literary
Tending to disappear; fleeting: she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth...
- 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.
Derivatives
fugaciously
- 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 the lightning that shines on the dark road of the traveler.
- 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.
fugaciousness
- 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.
- 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.
- ‘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.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin fugax, fugac- (from fugere 'flee') + -ious.
Rhymes
- sulpha-
- sulphadiazine
- sulphadimidine
- sulphamate
- sulphamethoxazole
- sulphamic acid
- sulphanilamide
- sulphapyridine
- sulphasalazine
- sulphate
- sulphide
- sulphite
- sulphonamide
- sulphonate
- sulphonation
- sulphone
- sulphonic acid
- sulphonyl
- Sulphur
- sulphurated
- sulphuration
- sulphurator
- sulphur candle
- sulphur dioxide
- sulphureous