Definitions
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- adjective grammar Expressing the notion that something is
avoided orfeared (as in someAustralian Aboriginal languages).
Etymologies
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From Latin evitare ("to avoid"), from e ("out") + vitare ("to shun").
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Examples
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Our foreign-looking friend _rotator_, at once suggestive of certain celebrated personages in the lower house, is by termination masculine; and such members, in times of political probation, never fail to show themselves _evitative_ rather than plucky.
oroboros commented on the word evitative
The quality of shunning; avoidance.
June 19, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word evitative
There's got to be a 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina' joke in here somewhere...
February 2, 2009
plethora commented on the word evitative
There's always a "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" joke lurking...
Edit: Earworm alert!
February 2, 2009