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fugitiveness|ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪvnɪs| [f. fugitive a. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being fugitive (see the adj.).
a1661Fuller Worthies i. (1662) 38 The Ficklenesse and Fugitivenesse of such Servants, justly addeth a valuation to their constancy, who are Standards in a Family. 1664H. More Antid. Idol. 2 The Ludicrousnesse and Fugitivenesse of our wanton Reason. 1680Boyle Scept. Chem. v. 318 That also divers Salts..are very Volatile, is plain from the fugitiveness of Salt. 1822Hazlitt Table-t. Ser. ii. i. (1869) 2 The suddenness and fugitiveness of the interest taken in them. 1833Lamb Elia, Superann. Man ii, What with my sense of its fugitiveness, and over-care to get the greatest quantity of pleasure out of it. |