fugacious

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fugacious

/fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/ UK, US

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

adjective more fugacious · most fugacious

Fleeting, fading quickly, transient. 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.

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adj Fleeting, fading quickly, transient

Español	fugaz
日本語	早く散る hayaku chiru, 儚い hakanai
中文	易逃逸的 yìtáoyì de, 難捕捉的 /难捕捉的 nánbǔzhuō de, 無常的 /无常的 wúcháng de
Português	fugaz
Deutsch	flüchtig
Română	trecător, efemer, care zboară
Русский	мимолётный mimoljótnyj, скороте́чный skorotéčnyj

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@misc{fugacious_2026,
  title = {fugacious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fugacious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}