fugitive
English
Etymology
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From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.
Pronunciation
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.
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- “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—!”
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Synonyms
- abscotchalater (archaic)
- nomad
- wanderer
- runaway
Translations
a person who is fleeing or escaping from something
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Adjective
fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)
Translations
fleeing or running away
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transient, fleeting or ephemeral
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elusive or difficult to retain
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
fugitive f (plural fugitives, masculine fugitif)
- (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of fugitif; a female fugitive
Further reading
- “fugitive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) fugitīve
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