elude

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb escape, either physically or mentally
verb be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).

But his mind eluded responsibilities. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
"It eludes definition and rejects political paradox. — Paul Patoff, F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
He easily eluded me and said, “Be calm! — Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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