illusive = elusive

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> I've seen this before, probably within the last few months :
>
>   2003 John A. Lynn _Battle_ (rev.ed.) (Cambridge, Mass.: Westview)
> 321: In Vietnam we fought a lightly-armed and illusive enemy along
> ill-defined and shifting lines--or none at all.

both MWDEU and Garner's Dictionary of American Usage have entries for
this one.  also Dowling's Wrong Word Dictionary.  not in Brians,
Bruder, Fiske, Gooden, Shaw, or the AHD 100 Words list.

arnold

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