adjective. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory.

adjective. Difficult to define or describe.

Eluding, or having a tendency to elude; hard to grasp or confine; slippery.

adjective. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

adjective. evading capture, comprehension or remembrance

adjective. rarely seen

adjective. difficult to describe

adjective. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

adjective. skillful at eluding capture

adjective. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

adjective. difficult to describe

"Bringing the discussion up to date, Orr finds that Jorie Graham, Geoffrey Hill, and Derek Walcott today are considered the epitome of ambition, while the quieter Kay Ryan finds the label elusive."

artful  difficult  hard  impalpable  unidentifiable  

abusive  allusive  collusive  conclusive  conducive  

alluring  compel  disturb  ethereal  exotic  

baffling  cagey  elusory  evanescent  evasive