Elusive

Adjective

 * 1) evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
 * The elusive criminal was arrested
 * 1) rarely seen
 * 2) difficult to describe
 * A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)
 * A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)

Related Terms

 * elude

Adverbs for Elusive
cunningly; deceptively; insidiously; trickily; meretriciously; fraudulently; cleverly; artfully; abominably; evasively; adroitly; subtly; treacherously; archly; unbelievably; highly; alarmingly; singularly; terribly.

Thesaurus
baffling, cagey, elusory, evanescent, evasive, fleeting, fugitive, impalpable, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, malingering, mysterious, phantom, shifty, shirking, slippery, transitory, tricky

Etymology
From elusus: past participle of eludo:

Translations

 * Croatian:, prepreden,
 * Dutch: ongrijpbaar
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: puiklik
 * Finnish: välttelevä, vaikeasti tavoiteltava, hämärä


 * French:
 * Polish: nieuchwytny
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: elusivo


 * Estonian: ebamäärane


 * Finnish: vaikeasti kuvailtava

Adjective
elusive


 * 1) Feminine plural form of elusivo