Fugacious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Passing away quickly; evanescent.
  • adj. Botany Withering or dropping off early.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lasting a very short time
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    volatile    fleeting   
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