All 3 Uses
allude
in
The Importance of Being Earnest
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- A classical allusion merely, drawn from the Pagan authors.†
Act 2allusion = an indirect reference
- You would no doubt wish me to make some slight allusion to this tragic domestic affliction next Sunday.†
Act 2
- Do you allude to me, Miss Cardew, as an entanglement?
Act 2 *allude = to make an indirect reference
Definitions:
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(1)
(allude) to make an indirect referenceThe expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)