Main Entry: fugue

Pronunciation: \ˈfyüg\

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 \ˈfyü-gist\ noun