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- Latin · derived fromēlūdō“to evade, elude”
- English todayelude
From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
elude
Today it means: To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill. Full definition →
Latin ēlūdō