fugaciousness means fugacity. It carries an Arena rating of 1351, earned across 33 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fugaciousness ranks #2,938 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,447 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #5,878 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #6,301 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “fugaciousness” is a great word
FUGACIOUSNESS — [Noun] The quality or state of being fleeting or transitory. From fugacious (from Latin fugācis, genitive of fugāx, meaning "apt to flee, fleeting," from fugere, "to flee") + -ness (a noun-forming suffix indicating state or quality). Unlike "permanence," its enduring antithesis, or "ephemeral," which describes a specific short-lived entity, fugaciousness is the abstract principle of transience itself. It is the scent of petrichor evaporating from hot pavement, the warmth of a sunbeam retreating across a floorboard, and the clarity of a dream that dissolves upon waking—the quiet, physical grammar of all things in the act of departure.
Etymology
From fugacious + -ness.
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