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What's the meaning of " elusory spot"?

 
 
Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2011 09:48 am
An explanation of the visible signs of the head, eyes, and nose, is sound enough to satisfy our modern wizards, while we may gather that an artist in molerywould find an occupation at once profitable and exciting as he sought for the elusory spot.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2011 11:01 am
@kkfengdao,
That's an almost opaque passage; i wonder if it had been written by a native speaker of English. Perhaps what the author meant was "illusory," i.e., something imagined rather than real.
contrex
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2011 01:04 pm
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:

That's an almost opaque passage; i wonder if it had been written by a native speaker of English. Perhaps what the author meant was "illusory," i.e., something imagined rather than real.


elusory
Also found in: Legal
elusory [ɪˈluːsərɪ]
adj
1. avoiding the issue; evasive elusory arguments
2. difficult to grasp mentally; elusive elusory ideas

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e·lu·sive
  un elusory pronunciation [ih-loo-siv]
adjective
1.
eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept.
2.
cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch.
Also, e·lu·so·ry un elusory pronunciation [ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh-] .

Origin:
1710–20; elus(ion) + -ive

Related forms
e·lu·sive·ly, adverb
e·lu·sive·ness, noun
non·e·lu·sive, adjective
non·e·lu·sive·ly, adverb
non·e·lu·sive·ness, noun
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Can be confused: elusive, illusory.
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Mame
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2011 01:16 pm
@kkfengdao,
What the hell does 'molery' mean?
kkfengdao
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2011 10:02 pm
@Mame,
As the passage has mentioned the "signification of moles", I think it is the reading or explanation of moles.
contrex
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2011 02:29 pm
@kkfengdao,
kkfengdao wrote:

As the passage has mentioned the "signification of moles", I think it is the reading or explanation of moles.


Note that these are what some people call beauty spots. Not the digging animals.

http://images.wikia.com/austinpowers/images/f/fe/Themole.jpg

An artist in molery was a kind of wizard or fortune teller who would "read" signs and make predictions about a person's future from the number and position of the moles on their face and body.
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