fugacious
American Heritage Dictionary:
Top
fu·ga·cious
(fyū-gā'shəs) 
adj.
fugaciousness fu·ga'cious·ness or fu·gac'i·ty (-găs'ĭ-tē) n.
adj.
- Passing away quickly; evanescent.
- Botany. Withering or dropping off early.
[From Latin fugāx, fugāc-, from fugere, to flee.]
fugaciously fu·ga'cious·ly adv.fugaciousness fu·ga'cious·ness or fu·gac'i·ty (-găs'ĭ-tē) n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
Top
fugacious
adjective
- Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
American Heritage Dictionary
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
