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Meanings of fugacious in English

Lasting or existing for a short time only.

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      1
      Their happy day, however, is soon over; their fugacious petals shrivel in three or four days.
      Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
      2
      The reporters made what they could of it, but, divested of padding, the action was sadly fugacious.
      Heart of the West
      3
      The shortness of the twilight frequently leaves the fugacious planet, Mercury, so seldom seen at the north, in distinct view.
      The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 / Devoted ...
      4
      In 1581 the Parliament prohibited its use "because the colours produced from it were of a fugacious character."
      Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
      5
      Wagner and Chopin have a motor element in their music that is fiercer, intenser and more fugacious than that of all other composers.
      Chopin : the Man and His Music
      Fugacious through the time