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Definition of Fugacious

Fugacious
Fugacious Fu*ga"cious, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace. See Fugitive.] 1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile. Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.

Meaning of Fugacious from wikipedia

- frū̆ctus fructose, frugivorous fug-, fugit- flee Latin fugere centrifuge, fugacious, fugitive, refuge fum- smoke Latin fūmus fume, fumigation fund- bottom...
- which fall off when the petals begin to open. Compare persistent and fugacious. caespitose Tufted or turf-like, e.g. the growth form of some gr****es...
- corolline (petal-like). Anthesis (the period of flower opening) is usually fugacious (short lived). Some of the more persistent perigones demonstrate thermonastic...
- hypothallus, purplish black. The cortex at first papillate, however this is a fugacious or transitory phase. The capillitium, the network of thread-like filaments...
- frū̆ctus fructose, frugivorous fug-, fugit- flee Latin fugere centrifuge, fugacious, fugitive, refuge fum- smoke Latin fūmus fume, fumigation fund- bottom...
- long a****inate. The flowers of Schisandra arisanensis are axillary to fugacious bracts at the base of young shoots or axillary to leaves, and solitary...
- fugiō fug- fug- fugit- flee centrifugal, centrifugation, centrifuge, fugacious, fugacity, fugal, fugato, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge...
- legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. He died on August 21, 2008, of...
- scarious. The flowers are actinomorphic with two caducous sepals and five fugacious petals. The petals may be white, pink, or even pale purple. The plants...
- themselves in a position to go in full and effective pursuit of their fugacious and traitorous proprietors. . . . the instructions given to Brig. Gen...