English-Thai Dictionary

fugitive

ADJ ซึ่ง มี ระยะเวลา สั้นๆ  sueng-me-ra-ya-we-la-san-san

 

fugitive

ADJ ซึ่ง หลบหนี  sueng-lob-ne

 

fugitive

N ผู้ ที่ หลบหนี  escapee runaway phu-ti-lob-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUGITIVE

a.[L. fugitivus, from fugio, to flee. Gr. ] 1. Volatile; apt to flee away; readily wafted by the wind.
The more tender and fugitive parts -
2. Not tenable; not to be held or detained; readily escaping; as a fugitive idea.
3. Unstable; unsteady; fleeting; not fixed or durable.
4. Fleeing; running from danger or pursuit.
5. Fleeing from duty; eloping; escaping.
Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself, while her parents are in tears?
6. Wandering; vagabond; as a fugitive physician.
7. In literature, fugitive compositions are such as are short and occasional, written in haste or at intervals, and considered to be fleeting and temporary.

 

FUGITIVE

n. 1. One who fees from his station or duty; a deserter; one who flees from danger.
2. One who has fled or deserted and taken refuge under another power, or one who has fled from punishment.
3. One hard to be caught or detained.
Or catch that airy fugitive, called wit.

 

FUGITIVENESS

n. 1. Volatility; fugacity; an aptness to fly away.
2. Instability; unsteadiness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FUGITIVE

Fu "gi *tive, a. Etym: [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew. ]

 

1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc. , escaping, from service, duty etc. ; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. Sir H. Wotton.

 

2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves. .. of vegatables. Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.

 

Syn. -- Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.

 

FUGITIVE

FUGITIVE Fu "gi *tive, n.

 

1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc. ; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

 

2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law ), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

 

FUGITIVELY

FUGITIVELY Fu "gi *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a fugitive manner.

 

FUGITIVENESS

FUGITIVENESS Fu "gi *tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fugitive

fu gi tive |ˈfyo͞ojətiv ˈfjuʤəˌtɪv | ▶noun a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, esp. to avoid arrest or persecution: fugitives from justice | [ as modifier ] : fugitive criminals. • [ as modifier ] quick to disappear; fleeting: he entertained a fugitive idea that Barbara needed him. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere ‘flee. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fugitive

fu ¦gi |tive |ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv | ▶noun a person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding: fugitives from justice. ▶adjective quick to disappear; fleeting: the fugitive effects of light | a fugitive dye. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere ‘flee ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fugitive

fugitive noun a hunted fugitive: escapee, runaway, deserter, absconder; refugee. ▶adjective 1 a fugitive criminal: escaped, runaway, on the run, on the loose, at large; wanted; informal AWOL, on the lam. 2 the fugitive nature of life: fleeting, transient, transitory, ephemeral, fading, momentary, short-lived, short, brief, passing, impermanent, here today and gone tomorrow; literary evanescent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fugitive

fugitive noun he is a hunted fugitive: escapee, escaper, runaway, deserter, refugee, renegade, absconder; archaic runagate. ▶adjective 1 a fugitive criminal: escaped, escaping, runaway, fleeing, deserting; on the loose, at large, wanted; informal AWOL, on the run; N. Amer. informal on the lam. 2 ours is a fugitive life: fleeting, transient, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, flitting, flying, fading, momentary, short-lived, short, brief, passing, impermanent, fly-by-night, here today and gone tomorrow; literary fugacious. ANTONYMS permanent, long-lasting.

 

French Dictionary

fugitivement

fugitivement adv. adverbe De façon fugitive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fugitive

fu gi tive /fjúːdʒətɪv /形容詞 1 〖名詞 の前で 〗(危険 公権力などから )逃げた, 逃亡中の ▸ a fugitive criminal [soldier ]逃亡犯人 [脱走兵 ]2 ｟文 ｠長くもたない, はかない ; 一時的な ; ふらふらした ▸ fugitive colors あせやすい色 ▸ fugitive essays (時事問題を扱った )際物 （きわもの ）随筆 名詞 C «…からの » 逃亡者, 避難者, 亡命者 «from » ▸ a fugitive from justice 逃亡犯人