elusive
Adjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//iˈl(j)uː.sɪv//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɪˈl(j)uː.zɪv//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//iˈl(j)uː.zɪv//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv//
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
Adjektiv
- 1
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
The elusive criminal was arrested
The temporary elusive goal / To reach the solace, to feed once more upon the synthetic reaper of loss / No matter the outcome, the cost
- 2
Difficult to make precise.
A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive
Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.
- 3
Rarely seen.
While you're sniffing the trunks of the ponderosas to see if they're butterscotch, vanilla, strawberry, or the elusive chocolate variety, watch for Brown Creepers, an elusive variety of bird.
Herkunft
From Latin elusus, past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”).
Formen
- Komparativ
- more elusive
- Superlativ
- most elusive
elusive · Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
Elvira · A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th…Elvis · A male given name.em · The name of the Latin script letter M/m.