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fugacious a. 易逃逸的,难捕捉的,无常的 易逃逸的,难捕捉的,无常的 fugacious adj 1: lasting a very short time; " the ephemeral joys of childhood"; " a passing fancy"; " youth' s transient beauty"; " love is transitory but it is eternal"; " fugacious blossoms" [ synonym: { ephemeral}, { passing}, { short- lived}, { transient}, { transitory}, { fugacious}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " fugacious": brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, fly- by- night, flying, fragile, frail, fugitive, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, momentary, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing, perishable, short- lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile
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