Friday, March 30, 2012
Definitions for fugitive
- Fleeting, transitory, elusive.
- Having taken flight, or run away.
- Changing color as a result of exposure to light and chemical substances present in the atmosphere, in other pigments, or in the medium.
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Citations for fugitive
I started to write about Sean, and the writing, like a searchlight sweeping wildly, almost caught my fugitive feelings.
I fill my own glass now, and raise it, unspeaking: to her? to us? to the spirit of fugitive love? Whatever it is I mean, she nods as if to say she understands.
Origin of fugitive
First used by Shakespeare in Antony & Cleopatra, fugitive stems from the Latin word fugere meaning "to flee."