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Meanings of fugacious in английском

Lasting or existing for a short time only.

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Usage of fugacious in английском
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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...
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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 ...
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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