Definitions for allusion

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allusion al·lu·sion

Spelling: [uh-loo-zhuh n]

IPA: /əˈlu ʒən/

Allusion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in allusion (aillnosu).

Definitions for allusion

noun

1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
2. the act of alluding; the making of a casual or indirect reference to something:
3. Obsolete. a metaphor or parable.

Origin of allusion

1540-50; Late Latin allūsiōn- (stem of allūsiō), equivalent to allūs(us), past participle of allūdere (see allude; al- + lūd- play + -tus pas

Examples for allusion

Austin, who did not see the allusion, had to allow Dick to speak for himself.

From Cyrus on, however, it was all, to borrow another Biblical allusion, fire and brimstone.

So should the allusion to the Vietnam War trump that of doomed Sharon Tate?

The allusion and a consciousness of Vancouver brought a smile into Viviette's eyes.

The youth vanishes; no reader can find a trace of him, or even an allusion to him.

And near the end of the play, Seguin offered an allusion to Fiddler on the Roof, yelling, “Sunrise, sunset!”

I have been early taught to shun all allusion to his memory.

Strange to say, he made no allusion to his daughter's return nor to Jim's absence.

The allusion to Prime Suspect, a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic, is well founded.

I never miss a chance to make an allusion to their similarity.