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Definition of Allusion
1. Noun. Passing reference or indirect mention.
Definition of Allusion
1. n. A figurative or symbolical reference.
Definition of Allusion
1. Noun. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allusion
1. the act of alluding [n -S] : ALLUSIVE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allusion
Literary usage of Allusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"allusion to the ... Number—Forced to chastise the Young Man of the West and
others— Mysterious allusion to our Irish Correspondent—Parallel between ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The principal allusion, however, in the above lines is to Johnson's well-known
objection to teaching by lectures. “I know nothing,” said he, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"42, when both bellies of the omo-hyoid contract, its action is fui to be on the
hyoid bone ; but no allusion is made to its chief function as л tensor of ..."
4. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"Mr. Calhoun's reply was chiefly directed to this pregnant allusion. ... I, said Mr.
Calhoun, made no allusion to that act ; but as the senator has thought ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"... 'so lately for the first time seen death,' the allusion being to the Duchess
of Kent, whose decease had taken place in the month of March previous. ..."
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