FUGUE


Meaning of FUGUE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' fyüg

Function: noun

Etymology: probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight, from fugere

Date: 1597

1 a : a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts b : something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements

2 : a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed

– fugue verb

– fugu · ist \ ' fyü-gist \ noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.