Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fugacious

/fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ga-cious
IPA: /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Watering of the eye, conjunctival congestion, distinct catarrhal conjunctivitis, and deep-seated scleral congestions, sometimes fugacious, and often accompanied by intense headache […]"
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"It may be that Redford's fugacious nature is not so mysterious, that it is studded in the artwork of the labs and the very stones of Sundance."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fugācius
Suffix: -acious

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/
British English: /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/

Inflected Forms

more fugacious (comparative) most fugacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

fugaciously fugaciousness

Frequently Paired Words

fugacity fugitive fugue

Synonyms

ephemeral passing short-lived transient transitory

Questions

How do you pronounce fugacious?: The recorded pronunciation is /fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs/.
What does fugacious mean?: Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
Where does fugacious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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