elusory
/ɪˈluːs(ə)ri
/adjective rare
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; elusive.He must be one of the most elusory characters in Hollywood....
- In his latest essay, he grapples with the fact that those costs have become painfully evident, and the larger concerns of security, justice and freedom increasingly elusory.
- This freedom, however, proves even more elusory for them than it did for Easy Rider's protagonists, when the supply of dope dries up unexpectedly.
Origin
Early 17th century: from medieval Latin elusorius, from Latin elus- 'eluded' (from the verb eludere).
- (as) red as a beetroot (beet)
- as regards
- as regular as clockwork
- (as) right as a trivet
- (as) right as rain
- (as) rough as guts
- ass
- -ass
- Assad, Hafiz al-
- as safe as houses
- assagai
- assai
- assail
- assailable
- assailant
- Assam
- Assamese
- assart
- assassin
- assassinate
- assassination
- assassinative
- assassinator
- assassinatress
- assassin bug