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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: fugitif, from Latin fugere 'to run away'

fugitive

2 adjective
     
Related topics: Law
fugitive2 [only before noun]
1SCL trying to avoid being caught by the police
2 literary lasting for a very short time:
rare and fugitive visits
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