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We’re left to draw our own conclusions about that period, especially as the present-day Andrésen looks back on it here with more innuendo and elusion than frank remembrance.—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Emphasizing defense, his boxing instructor prods him to master the art of elusion, of hitting without being hit.—Gordon Marino, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin elusion-, elusio, from Late Latin, deception, from Latin eludere
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