fugient

English

Etymology

From Latin fugientem, present participle of fugo (“flee”).

Adjective

fugient (comparative more fugient, superlative most fugient)

1. (rare or obsolete) Fleeing.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience […] ‎^[1], London: Folio Society, published 2008:

     Thus, alongside of the Church militant with its prisons, dragonnades, and inquisition methods, we have the Church fugient, as one might call it, with its hermitages, monasteries, and sectarian organisations […]

Anagrams

• fungite

Latin

Verb

fugient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of fugiō