fugue
A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
Other meanings
Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
Related words
- counterfugue
- double fugue
- fugal
- fuguelike
- fuguist
- mirror fugue
Word history
From Latin "fuga" (act of fleeing).
Where this comes from
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