elusive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: elusive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for elusive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elusive adj difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor" skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" Synonym(s): elusive, subtle making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" Synonym(s): baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elusive \Elu"sive\, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. Elusive* of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope. -- {Elu"sively}, adv. -- {Elu"siveness}, n.