23.3.11

Word of the Day-Fugacious

  • Tending to disappear; fleeting
    • she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth
      fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
      2.
      Botany . falling or fading early.
       
      Though fugacious, our time together has meant the world to me.
      fugacious \fyoo-GAY-shuss\ adjective
      : lasting a short time : evanescent

      Example sentence:
      Julie's bad mood was fugacious; she cheered up considerably
      when her son phoned to say he would be coming home for a visit.

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