Elusive — Жанры готик рок Годы 1996 2009 Страна … Википедия
Elusive — E*lu sive, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. [1913 Webster] Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope. {E*lu… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elusive — I adjective abstruse, apt to flee, baffling, difficult, difficult to catch, difficult to comprehend, difficult to understand, eluding clear perception, elusory, enigmatic, equivocal, escaping, evanescent, evasive, fleeting, fugitive, hard to… … Law dictionary
elusive — 1719, from L. elus , pp. stem of eludere (see ELUDE (Cf. elude)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Elusiveness … Etymology dictionary
elusive — [adj] evasive, mysterious ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, difficult to catch, elusory, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, fleeting, fraudulent, fugacious, fugitive, greasy, illusory, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable,… … New thesaurus
elusive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult to find, catch, or achieve. 2) difficult to remember. DERIVATIVES elusively adverb elusiveness noun. ORIGIN from Latin eludere elude … English terms dictionary
elusive — [ē lo͞osə rē, i lo͞osə rēē lo͞o′siv, ilo͞o′siv] adj. [< L elusus (see ELUSION) + IVE] 1. tending to elude 2. hard to grasp or retain mentally; baffling: Also Rare elusory [ē lo͞osə rē, i lo͞osə rē] elusively adv. elusiveness n … English World dictionary
Elusive — Infobox Single Name = Elusive| Artist = Scott Matthews from Album = Passing Stranger Released = March 13, 2006 (UK) Format = Digital, CD, 7 Recorded = 2006 Genre = Country, Folk Length = 3:42 Label = San Remo Records Island Records Writer = Scott … Wikipedia
elusive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ Further movie roles have proved somewhat elusive for the young actor. ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB … Collocations dictionary
elusive — e|lu|sive [ıˈlu:sıv] adj 1.) an elusive person or animal is difficult to find or not often seen ▪ She managed to get an interview with that elusive man. 2.) an elusive result is difficult to achieve ▪ She enjoys a firm reputation in this country… … Dictionary of contemporary English
