Sep. 20th, 2005

fugacious

Sep. 20th, 2005 07:04 am
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fugacious - adj., lasting a short time, volatile, evanescent.


From Latin fugax, from fugere, to flee, to fly. IOW, that which flees. The same root also gives us fugitive and fugue.

---L.
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