Allusive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  allusive
       adj : characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is
             characterized by allusions"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "allusive":
     allusory, figurative, figured, flowery, implicational, implicative,
     implicatory, indicative, inferential, insinuating, insinuative,
     insinuatory, ironic, mannered, metaphorical, ornamented,
     referential, suggestive, trolatitious, tropological