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Word: Fugue
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from French, or from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga ‘flight’, related to fugere ‘flee’
fjuːɡ
a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
Short Definition:contrapuntal composition in which short melody or phrase subject is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others
a loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
Short Definition:loss of awareness of one's identity associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy
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