fuguist

Variant of fugue

fugue definition

fugue (fyo̵̅o̅g)

noun

  1. a musical composition for a definite number of parts or voices, in which a subject is announced in one voice, imitated in succession by each of the other voices, and developed contrapuntally
  2. Psychiatry a state of psychological amnesia during which the subject seems to behave in a conscious and rational way, although upon return to normal consciousness he cannot remember the period of time nor what he did during it; temporary flight from reality

Etymology: Fr < It fuga < L, a flight < fugere: see fugitive

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