Elusiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elusive \E*lu"sive\, a.
     Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly
     escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Elusive of the bridal day, she gives


           Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope.
     -- {E*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*lu"sive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elusiveness
       n : the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down; "the
           author's elusiveness may at times be construed as
           evasiveness"