fugacious

Meanings

• adjective

  lasting for a very short time; fleeting; transient

  - "The beauty of the sunset was fugacious."
  - "His fame was fugacious; he was soon forgotten."

• adjective

  tending to flee or escape; elusive

  - "The fugacious criminal managed to evade the police."
  - "The fugacious rabbit darted into its burrow."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fugacious
aggressive , delusive , precious , reclusive

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Homophones

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1. fugitive (en) : a person who has fled from justice, especially after committing a crime
   

2. fugue (en) : a musical composition in which a theme is introduced successively in various keys and developed independently
   

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Variants

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fugacious

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Forms

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fugaciousness (n), fugaciously (adv), fugaciouses (plural n), fugaciously (comparative adverb), fugaciousest (superlative adjective)

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Etymology

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From Latin fugāre 'drive away, chase away'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'fugacious' comes from the Latin word 'fugare', which means 'to chase away'.

2. The adjective 'fugacious' is used to describe things that are fleeting or transient, as well as things that are elusive or hard to catch.

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Related Concepts

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1. transience: The quality of being fleeting or short-lived.

2. ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time; transient.

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Culture

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Fugacious is used in literature to describe fleeting moments or elusive characters. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet uses the word to describe the brevity of life: 'What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man is just fugacious.'

How to Memorize "fugacious"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a flower blooming for a very short time before wilting away. Visualize the fleeting moment of a sunset.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the fleeting nature of life or the elusive nature of a criminal.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Fleeting, Under, Gets, Away, Quickly, Suddenly, Escape'.

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