Allusion

"Allusion" is also a: user

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:03

Al*lu"sion (#), n. [L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf. F. allusion.]

A figurative or symbolical reference.

[Obs.]

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

How to be a fuck-up	Sweeney Among The Nightingales	utamakura	Just allude to it
alliteration	Mona Lisa Smile	Grammar as a tool, not a rule	Dylan Dog
Peyton Place	In Festubert	Hohes C	Giant Flying Demi-Tasse with Incomprehensible Appendage Five Meters Long
When I Consider How My Light Is Spent	Say...there's something wrong with your monitor	The Je Ne Scai Quoi	A Wrinkle in Time
Illusion	Elusion	Thanotropism	allude
elude	Macbeth	Where angels fear to tread	Metonymic gap

Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.

Login
Password

cryforhelp
Major dictionaries of the world	(review)
Glowing Fish
The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans	(thing)
WolfKeeper
Launch loop	(idea)
TendoKing
Katana	(person)
Wuukiee
Highly ornamental cultivars of brambles still have as many thorns as their wild counterparts	(idea)
TheDeadGuy
Editor Log: May 2008	(log)
everyday j.Lo
pray do not molest them	(thing)
ammie
Bands Who Take Their Names from Eighteenth-century English Poetry and Prose	(idea)
shaogo
Under My Thumb	(review)
ammie
Rock On	(person)
The Custodian
The Dresden Files	(thing)
Ouzo
PETA becomes you, a proposed future	(fiction)
Ereneta
Stone Soup, Part Two	(fiction)
jjen
Sorrier than I ever thought I would be	(personal)
locke baron
Moskva class antisubmarine cruiser	(thing)

This affordable entertainment brought to you by The Everything Development Company