ALLUDE


Meaning of ALLUDE in English

əˈlüd sometimes əlˈyüd or aˈ- or alˈ- intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin alludere to play with, jest, refer to, from ad- + ludere to play — more at ludicrous

: to have or make indirect reference (as in passing or by suggestion) : refer indirectly — used with to

proposals … always alluded to slightingly as innovations — Compton Mackenzie

though any reference to his deformity annoyed him, there were times when she felt obliged to allude to it — Ellen Glasgow

a letter alluding to some unspecified family difficulties

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.