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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

- language. In discussing the richly allusive poetry of Virgil's Georgics, R. F. Thomas distinguished six categories of allusive reference, which are applicable...
- The Allusions were an Australian rock group, which formed in late 1965. They released a self-titled studio album in January 1967 via EMI/Parlophone. Their...
- wrote of "the elegant fluency of a practised Lothario". Because of the allusive use the name sometimes is not capitalised. Giacomo Casanova Don Juan Lotario...
- Tories, and the character referred to as Flimnap is often interpreted as an allusion to Sir Robert Walpole, a British statesman and Whig politician who Swift...
- The sometimes obscure and extravagant imagery, with many Old Testament allusions and numeric symbolism, has allowed a wide variety of Christian interpretations...
- closure and its cascading effects on the British video game industry. As an allusion, the film opens on 9 July 1984, the day Imagine Software closed. The story...
- The Hungry Ghosts: Seven Allusive Comedies is a collection of short stories written by Joyce Carol Oates. It was published in 1974 by Black Sparrow Press...
- Somme. The work employs a mixture of lyrical verse and prose, is highly allusive, and ranges in tone from formal to ****ney colloquial and military slang...
- 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...
- to 1869, for a total of 483 performances. As a character and literary allusion, Humpty Dumpty has appeared or been referred to in many works of literature...