fugal
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fugue
(fyo͞og)n.
1. Music A contrapuntal musical composition whose basic structure consists of a theme or themes stated successively in different voices.
2. Psychiatry A dissociative state, usually caused by trauma, marked by sudden travel or wandering away from home and an inability to remember one's past.
[Italian fuga (influenced by French fugue, from Italian fuga), from Latin, flight.]
fu′gal (fyo͞o′gəl) adj.
fu′gal·ly adv.
fugue v.
fugu′ist (fyo͞o′gĭst) n.
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fugal
(ˈfjuːɡəl)adj
(Classical Music) of, relating to, or in the style of a fugue
ˈfugally adv
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fu•gal
(ˈfyu gəl)adj.
of or pertaining to a fugue, or composed in the style of a fugue.
[1850–55]
fu′gal•ly, adv.
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