Definitions
make a more or less disguised reference to
Word origin
From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). See also al-.
Used in a sentence
“First, she alluded to her husband as "the man at home looking after the children". Then she referred to him as "my George".”
“These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.”
“It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Hint indirectly”6 letters
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