fugacious
[fyoo-gey-shuh s]
adjective
fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
Botany. falling or fading early.
Origin of fugacious
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Related Words for fugacious
brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transientExamples from the Web for fugacious
Historical Examples of fugacious
The veil is often wanting, but when present is fibrous and fugacious.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
Petals 5, fugacious (lasting but a day), much larger than the calyx.
Petals 5, rarely 6, inserted on the calyx with the 7–20 stamens, fugacious.
Honours and dignities are tranſient, beauty and riches frail and fugacious, to a proverb.
Essays on Various SubjectsHannah More
Honours and dignities are transient, beauty and riches frail and fugacious, to a proverb.
Essays on Various SubjectsHannah More
fugacious
adjective
Word Origin for fugacious
C17: from Latin fugax inclined to flee, swift, from fugere to flee; see fugitive
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