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Definition of Allusive

Allusive
Allusive Al*lu"sive, a. 1. Figurative; symbolical. 2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

Meaning of Allusive from wikipedia

- Poe). In discussing the richly allusive poetry of Virgil's Georgics, R. F. Thomas distinguished six categories of allusive reference, which are applicable...
- Edgar Allan Poe. Blues Traveler's 1995 hit "Run-Around" opens with an allusion to the opening line of "The Raven": "Once upon a midnight dreary". Lou...
- than on her feet / Died every day she lived.” The last part is a direct allusion to 1 Corinthians 15, verse 31: "I affirm, by the boasting in you which...
- The following is a list of allusions in Marthandavarma, the 1891 historical novel by C. V. Raman Pillai. According to V. Nagam Aiya, during the reign...
- eclecticism in art. Allusion is not pastiche. A literary allusion may refer to another work, but it does not reiterate it. Allusion requires the audience...
- for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis, a Xeric Foundation Award winner, follows the life of a honey...
- shelves for holding china, ornaments, trifles, or "what nots", hence the allusive name. In its English form, it is a convenient piece of drawing room furniture...
- 53–64. ISSN 0146-9339. JSTOR 26814627. Groves, Beatrice (2017). Literary Allusion in Harry Potter. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315269337. ISBN 978-1-315-26933-7...
- wrote of "the elegant fluency of a practised Lothario". Because of the allusive use the name sometimes is not capitalised. Look up lothario in Wiktionary...
- guide. The title of Yann Martel's 2010 novel Beatrice and Virgil is an allusion to two of the main characters in The Divine Comedy. Sylvain Reynards' 2011...