Fugue (n)
fy-oo-g
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.
Music 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.
Example sentences
“What do you mean there are 5 new dresses and 4 new pairs of shoes in my wardrobe? I must have bought them when in a fugue.”
“Beethoven’s Great Fugue is one of my favourite pieces of classical music.”
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