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