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.
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fugacious
American Heritage Dictionary:
fu·ga·cious |
adj.
fugaciousness fu·ga'cious·ness or fu·gac'i·ty (-găs'ĭ-tē) n.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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.
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Rhymes:
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| 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 |
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