the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.
adj. Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Fleeing, or disposed to flee; fleeting; transitory.
Specifically, in zoöl. and botany, falling or fading early; speedily shed or cast; fugitive, as an external organ or a natural covering.
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adj. lasting a very short time
Word Usage
"There are no shortage of people who are saying that today's 3.5 percent GDP number is all because of U.S. government stimulus and it won't last -- this might be a fugacious recovery -- here today, gone tomorrow, very short-lived."