2006-11-04 20:44:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Depends on the context:
1.a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
–adjective
2.having taken flight, or run away: a fugitive slave.
3.fleeting; transitory; elusive: fugitive thoughts that could not be formulated.
4.Fine Arts. changing color as a result of exposure to light and chemical substances present in the atmosphere, in other pigments, or in the medium.
5.dealing with subjects of passing interest, as writings; ephemeral: fugitive essays.
6.wandering, roving, or vagabond: a fugitive carnival.
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2006-11-04 20:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by laylah_vroenick 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fugitive Meaning
2016-10-06 08:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fugitive is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. As a verbal metaphor and psychological concept, one might also be described as a "fugitive from oneself." Finally, the literary sense of "fugitive" includes the meaning of simply "fleeting."
2006-11-04 21:16:09 · answer #3 · answered by Mags 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. somebody who runs away: somebody who is running away, for example, from justice, enemies, or brutal treatment
2. something elusive: an elusive or ephemeral thing
adjective
1. running away from something: fleeing, especially fleeing arrest or punishment
2. brief: lasting only briefly
the fugitive hours
3. itinerant: moving around from place to place
4. difficult to understand: difficult to understand or retain
the fugitive nature of higher mathematics
5. written for particular occasion: written or composed for a particular occasion or on a subject of only passing interest
2006-11-04 20:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the latin root word Fugit...Flees, As in "Tempus Fugit", Time flees.
2006-11-05 09:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by boots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who escapes from police/govt. custody and is on the run is called a 'fugitive'
2006-11-04 21:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by joel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One who trying to escape, fugitiva is a Latin word which means escape from authority or you can say law, in simple words u can say a criminal or a person who has done something illegal and is trying to run away from law
2006-11-04 21:36:28 · answer #7 · answered by sonali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harrison Ford.
2006-11-04 21:22:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One who is on the run, derived from a Latin word, fugitiva, meaning 'to escape from authority'.
2006-11-04 20:47:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation - Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
2006-11-04 21:10:35 · answer #10 · answered by sujatha_sudhakaran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋