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fugue

noun

A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

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Word length
5
Starts with
F
Ends with
E
Contains
UG
Scrabble score
9

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Pronunciation

ˈfjuːɡ

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noun

  1. A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

noun

  1. A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days

noun

  1. Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

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