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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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shadowy
English
Etymology
shadow +? -y
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??æd.o?.i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??æd.??.i/
- Hyphenation: shad?owy
Adjective
shadowy (comparative shadowier, superlative shadowiest)
- In shadow; darkened by shadows.
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- (of character) Dark, obscure.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
- (figuratively) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
- (rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Translations
Anagrams
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