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it means inescapable.. not the same as inecorable or inevitable, (growing from it latin root, 'that which can not be struggled out of' --
a word that needs more traffic i think
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What does it bring to the game that inescapable doesn't?
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Is eluct related to elude?
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from the inescapable you can't flee - against the ineluctable you can't win
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a word that needs more traffic i think Well, I haven't imagined you as a fatalist, so far  , but maybe it's an ineluctable trend.
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Is eluct related to elude?
Well, the e part is. But not really: elude < eludo, eludere, elusi, elusum est '(lit.) to finish play; to elude or parry another's blow' (< ludo 'to play'); eluct < elector, eluctari, eluctatum 'to struggle out of' (< luctor 'to wrestle').
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