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elusive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??lu?s?v/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /i?lu?s?v/
  • Homophone: illusive

Adjective

elusive (comparative more elusive, superlative most elusive)

  1. Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
    The elusive criminal was arrested
  2. Difficult to make precise.
    A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)
  3. Rarely seen.

Related terms

  • elude

Derived terms

  • elusively
  • elusiveness

Translations

Italian

Adjective

elusive

  1. feminine plural of elusivo

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deceitful

English

Alternative forms

  • deceiptful (obsolete)
  • deceiptfull (obsolete)
  • deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

  1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
    • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
      All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
  2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations

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