Meaning of ALLUSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | u'loosiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions" |
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| | Synonyms: | | indirect |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*lu"sive\, a.
1. Figurative; symbolical.
2. Having reference to something not fully expressed;
containing an allusion.
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| | Related Terms: | | allusory, figurative, figured, flowery, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, mannered, metaphorical, ornamented, referential, suggestive, trolatitious, tropological |
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