[fjuːɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts

- a loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy
(e.g: I blinked free of my fugue)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from French, or from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga ‘flight’, related to fugere ‘flee’