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||Fu"ga (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A fugue.

Fu*ga"cious (?), a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace. See Fugitive.] 1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.

Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase.

Jer. Taylor.

2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.

Fu*ga"cious*ness, n. Fugacity. [Obs.]

Fu*gac"i*ty (?), a. [L fugacitas: cf. F. fugacitÈ.] 1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle.

2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.

Fu"ga*cy (?), n. Banishment. [Obs.] Milton.

||Fu*ga"to (?), a. (Mus.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a ||fugue. -- n. A composition resembling a fugue.

Fugh (?), interj. An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.

||Fu*ghet"ta (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) a short, condensed fugue. Grove.

Fu"gi*tive (?), a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.

The fugitive Parthians follow.

Shak.

Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear?

Richardson

A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician.

Sir H. Wotton.

2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.

The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables.

Woodward.

Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.

Syn. -- Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.

Fu"gi*tive (?), n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

2. Something hard to be caught or detained.

Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit.

Harte.