elusive

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Reino Unido//ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv//
Reino Unido//iˈl(j)uː.sɪv//
Reino Unido//ɪˈl(j)uː.zɪv//
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Estados Unidos//ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv//

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

adjetivo

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.

Etimologia

From Latin elusus, past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”).

Formas

comparativo: more elusive
superlativo: most elusive

elsewhere · Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.Elsie · A female given name from Hebrew.Elton · A male given name from Old English.

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.

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.