Citations:elusive

English citations of elusive

• circa 2001, James Thannickal, "The Elusive Term"

  Ring-giver is an elusive word. Separately, "ring" is defined as an ornamental circular band worn on a finger, and "giver" is defined as to hand over something. Putting those two definitions together, ring-giver implies the act of giving rings. However, this is not at all the case.