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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

fugax

fugacis

, from

fugere

: cf. F.

fugace

. See

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.

(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.

Adj.

[L. fugax, from fugo, to chase, or fugio, to flee.] Flying or fleeing away; volatile.