fugacy

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːɡəsi/

Noun

fugacy (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) banishment
   • 1642, Richard Montagu, The Acts and Monuments of the Church Before Christ Incarnate:

     Fugacy from God

   • c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […] :

     Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture

References

• “fugacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.