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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fugacious adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: {ephemeral}, {passing}, {short-lived}, {transient}, {transitory}]
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