[fugue] n [prob. fr. It fuga flight, fugue, fr. L, flight, fr. fugere] (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 esp. 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 deeds -- fugue vb -- fugu.ist n