English-Thai Dictionary
fugacious
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FUGACIOUS
a.[L. fugax, from fugo, to chase, or fugio, to flee. ] Flying or fleeing away; volatile.
FUGACIOUSNESS
n.The quality of flying away; volatility.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FUGACIOUS
Fu *ga "cious, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
FUGACIOUSNESS
FUGACIOUSNESS Fu *ga "cious *ness, n.
Defn: Fugacity. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
fugacious
fu ga cious |fyo͞oˈgāSHəs fjuˈgeɪʃəs | ▶adjective literary tending to disappear; fleeting: she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth. DERIVATIVES fu ga cious ly adverb, fu ga cious ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin fugax, fugac- (from fugere ‘flee ’) + -ious .
Oxford Dictionary
fugacious
fugacious |fjʊˈgeɪʃəs | ▶adjective literary tending to disappear; fleeting: she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth. DERIVATIVES fugaciously adverb, fugaciousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin fugax, fugac- (from fugere ‘flee ’) + -ious .
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