Fleeing or tending to flee; having the quality of being in flight or evasive (rare or archaic).
From Latin 'fugiens,' present participle of 'fugere' (to flee), adopted directly into English. An archaic or highly literary term.
This word is almost extinct, but it's wonderfully precise—it describes not just the act of fleeing but the disposition or tendency toward evasion, like a fugient temperament.
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