Word of the Day

 

Fugacious

 

Pronunciation

[fyoo-GEY-shəs]

 

Popularity Over Time

Part of speech

Adjective

 

Origin

Latin, mid-17th century

 

Definition(s)
  1. Tending to disappear.
  2. Fleeting.

 

Usage over time

Used in a sentence
  1. Cookies are quite fugacious in my house.
  2. The hummingbird made a fugacious stop on my flowers.

 

About the Word

Fugacious is often used in an ephemeral sense — your sadness is fugacious and better times are around the corner. Or it can be used in a physical sense. A gardener might describe a plant with falling leaves as fugacious.

 

Did you know?

The Latin "fugere" means to flee. Other words that come from this same root include subterfuge, fugitive, and refuge. Just think of the movie "The Fugitive," and you'll never forget the definition of fugacious.

 

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