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fugacious

adjective

fu·​ga·​cious fyü-ˈgā-shəs How to pronounce fugacious (audio)
: lasting a short time : evanescent

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Fugacious is often used to describe immaterial things like emotions, but not always. Botanists, for example, use it to describe plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time. Things that are fugacious are fleeting, and etymologically they can also be said to be fleeing. Fugacious derives from the Latin verb fugere, which means "to flee." Other descendants of fugere include fugitive, refuge, and subterfuge.

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Example Sentences

savor the fugacious pleasures of life as intensely as the more enduring ones

Word History

Etymology

Latin fugac-, fugax, from fugere

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fugacious was in 1634

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