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fugue

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Main Entry:
fugue 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 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 elements2: 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 
          Listen to the pronunciation of fuguist \ˈfyü-gist\ noun


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