Definition of Fugue

Noun: fugue fyoog

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
- psychogenic fugue
A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement