fugitive
noun
[ ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv ]
• a person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding.
• "fugitives from justice"
fugitive
adjective
• quick to disappear; fleeting.
• "the fugitive effects of light"
Similar:
fleeting,
transient,
transitory,
ephemeral,
evanescent,
flitting,
flying,
fading,
momentary,
short-lived,
short,
brief,
passing,
impermanent,
fly-by-night,
here today and gone tomorrow,
fugacious,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere ‘flee’.
