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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fugacious /fjʊˈgeɪʃəs/

▶adjective literary tending to disappear; fleeting.

– derivatives
fugaciously adverb,
fugaciousness noun,
fugacity noun.

– origin C17: from L. fugax, fugac- (from fugere ‘flee’) + -ious.

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