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evasive (adj.)
1725 of persons; 1744 of actions, etc., from French
évasif
, from Latin
evas-
, past participle stem of
evadere
"to get away, escape" (see
evasion
). Related:
Evasively
;
evasiveness
.
Evasive action
is from 1940, originally in military aviation.