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   Fu·gi·tive

   /ˈfyo͞ojədiv/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution: "fugitives from justice"
   • ▪ quick to disappear; fleeting: "he entertained a fugitive idea that Barbara needed him" Similar fleetingtransienttransitoryephemeralevanescentflittingflyingfadingmomentaryshort-livedshortbriefpassingimpermanentfly-by-nighthere today and gone tomorrowliterary:fugaciousOpposite permanentlong-lasting

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere ‘flee’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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