ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fugacious

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fugacious is an adjective meaning Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.

Meaning

Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.

Example Sentences

It may be that Redford's fugacious nature is not so mysterious, that it is studded in the artwork of the labs and the very stones of Sundance.
Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. Homeless, they have a hundred homes.
Watering of the eye, conjunctival congestion, distinct catarrhal conjunctivitis, and deep-seated scleral congestions, sometimes fugacious, and often accompanied by intense headache […]

Synonyms for fugacious

Depending on context, synonyms include ephemeral, transient, transitory, impermanent, temporary, passing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transient, passing, ephemeral, transitory, short-lived, impermanent.

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