FUGUE

Definition of FUGUE

  1. (noun)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
  2. (noun)a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
  3. (noun)a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement