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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: The novel’s title is an allusion to Shakespeare. the act of ; the making of a casual or indirect reference to something: The Bible is a fertile source of allusion in art. Obsolete. a metaphor or parable. Contemporary Examples From […]
- Allusive
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by . Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative. Contemporary Examples This is about as explicit as 1Q84 ever gets, and even here the sense of things is allusive. Murakami’s Dreamy Return Malcolm Jones November 3, 2011 Historical Examples This follows from the allusive way in […]
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having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by . Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative. Historical Examples She rose with an air of dismissing the subject, though she continued to speak of it allusively. The High Heart Basil King Why, he exclaimed, allusively to its lustrous brilliance, it laughs at you. The […]
- Allusiveness
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by . Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative. Historical Examples She had behind her garishness a gift for sympathy and a keen intuition, delicacy, and allusiveness. The Weavers, Complete Gilbert Parker Why even did he not continue his disquisition on the philosophic value of allusiveness? […]
- Alluvia
a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water. the sedimentary matter deposited thus within recent times, especially in the valleys of large rivers. Historical Examples The source of the elements which compose the Pampean alluvia is very uncertain. The Argentine Republic Pierre Denis It was only in the extra-glacial tracts that alluvia of […]