First Known Use: 1634
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fugacious
adjective fu·ga·cious \fyü-ˈgā-shəs\
Definition of FUGACIOUS
: lasting a short time : evanescent
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Origin of FUGACIOUS
Latin fugac-, fugax, from fugere
Related to FUGACIOUS
- Synonyms
- brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, momentary, fugitive, impermanent, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory
Rhymes with FUGACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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