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fugacious

Pronunciation: /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/

The English word “fugacious” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

  1. Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fugācius (whence -acious), comparative of fugāciter (“evasively, fleetingly”), from fugāx (“transitory, fleeting”), from fugiō (“to flee”).

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