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Definition of Allusiveness
1. Noun. A quality characterized by indirect reference.
Definition of Allusiveness
1. n. The quality of being allusive.
Definition of Allusiveness
1. Noun. The quality of being allusive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allusiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allusiveness
Literary usage of Allusiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charles Lamb by Walter Jerrold (1905)
"In the sixteenth century such allusiveness was generally fruit of an extensive
knowledge of the ancient classics; but though the references differ, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"... into the service of families bearing the names of Franklin and Frankland, with
a very far-fetched allusiveness. It seems to have originated thus. ..."
3. The Fortnightly Review (1868)
"And if the ' reader abandon himself to the study of this allusiveness and never-
ending Equivoque, need there be anything in the entertainment which can ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1886)
"With such allusiveness as this I need not say that I have not meddled in my notes;
its whole claim lies in recognising it for ourselves. ..."
5. Milton by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1902)
"The allusiveness of the poems—and extreme allusiveness is a characteristic mark,
and often a fault, of the poetry of Milton—pleases by the claim it makes on ..."
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