Word of the Day:
allusive
What It Means
that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)
Allusive in Context
“The footnotes ensure that the lines become more allusive and more polysemantic, vacillating between transubstantiation and ghostly intimations.”
Did You Know?
From Latin allūs-, past participle stem of allūdere (“to joke, jest”; see allude) + -ive. See also al-.
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