Fugacious (Adjective)
Meaning
Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The fugacious nature of snowflakes is that they exist only briefly before melting away.
- Fugacious thoughts crossed her mind, forgotten as soon as they formed.
- Her childhood memories of laughter were fugacious and elusive.
- Their relationship was fugacious, ending as abruptly as it began.
- In the early morning hours, the dew-covered flowers are particularly fugacious, quickly disappearing with the sunrise.