fugient

English

Etymology

From Latin fugientem, present participle of fugo (flee).

Adjective

fugient (comparative more fugient, superlative most fugient)

  1. (rare or obsolete) Fleeing.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, pp. 297-8:
      Thus, alongside of the Church militant with its prisons, dragonnades, and inquisition methods, we have the Church fugient, as one might call it, with its hermitages, monasteries, and sectarian organisations []

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Latin

Verb

fugient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of fugiō
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