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fugitive
English
Etymology
From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugit?vus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fju?d???t?v/
- Hyphenation: fu?gi?tive
Noun
fugitive (plural fugitives)
- A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”
Synonyms
- abscotchalater (archaic)
- nomad
- wanderer
- runaway
Translations
Adjective
fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)
- Fleeing or running away; escaping.
- Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
- Elusive or difficult to retain.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.?i.tiv/
- Rhymes: -iv
- Homophone: fugitives
Noun
fugitive f (plural fugitives, masculine fugitif)
- female equivalent of fugitif; a female fugitive
Further reading
- “fugitive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
fugit?ve
- vocative masculine singular of fugit?vus
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desperado
English
Etymology
From Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?sp?????d??/
Noun
desperado (plural desperadoes or desperados)
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, The present time
- The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
- 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 6
- Surely this was the face of a desperado.
- 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, The present time
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor
- The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
- 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
Translations
Anagrams
- dead-ropes
Cebuano
Etymology
Cebuanized form of English desperate, from Latin d?sp?r?tus, past participle of d?sp?r? (“to be without hope”). Spanish desperado is a false friend.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: des?pe?ra?do
Adjective
desperado (feminine desperada)
- in dire need of something
- being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless
- without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious
Verb
desperado (feminine desperada)
- to be in dire need of something
- to be reckless due to desperation
Noun
desperado (feminine desperada)
- a desperate male person
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desperado.
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish desperado (“desperate person”), past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”)
Noun
desperado c (singular definite desperadoen, plural indefinite desperados or desperadoer)
- desperado (outlaw)
Declension
See also
- desperat
References
- “desperado” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.p?.?a.do/
Noun
desperado m (plural desperados)
- desperado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despe??ado/, [d?es.pe??a.ð?o]
Adjective
desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
- Obsolete form of desesperado.
Verb
desperado m (feminine singular desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of desperar.
Further reading
- “desperado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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