You searched for:
“fugacious”
fugacious (fyoo GAY shuhs) (adjective), more fugacious, most fugacious
1. Regarding something that passies away quickly out of sight or disappears after only a short time: Styles and vogues of fashion are quite fugacious because there are always new colors, trends, and fads that come directly after each season.
2. In botany, descriptive of a plant or flower that lasts only briefly before withering or dropping off: The queen of the night, or the night-blooming cereus, is spectacular when the blossom opens, but is quite fugacious in that it fades away within a few hours.
© ALL rights are reserved.
© ALL rights are reserved.
Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
2. In botany, descriptive of a plant or flower that lasts only briefly before withering or dropping off: The queen of the night, or the night-blooming cereus, is spectacular when the blossom opens, but is quite fugacious in that it fades away within a few hours.