fugitive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  2. noun someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
  3. adjective lasting for a markedly brief time

Etymology

From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

In classic literature

Synonyms

runaway, fleer

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